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Al-A'raf 7:82

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وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers) with what is not a shame at all." Mujahid commented, "(Lut's people said about Lut and the believers,) They are a people who want to be pure from men's anuses and women's anuses!" Similar was narrated from Ibn `Abbas.

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

In the third verse (82) Lut (علیہ السلام) in response to his word of advice has been put in a way that it shows that his people could not find a suitable rejoinder to what he had said. But, they were still adamant and started saying among themselves that these people seem to be self-righteous claiming a lot of purity for themselves. The treatment they deserved was that they should be thrown out of their town.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وما كان جواب قوم لوط حين أنكر عليهم فعلهم الشنيع إلا أن قال بعضهم لبعض: أخرجوا لوطًا وأهله من بلادكم، إنه ومن تبعه أناس يتنزهون عن إتيان أدبار الرجال والنساء.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

أي : ما أجابوا لوطا إلا أن هموا بإخراجه ونفيه ومن معه من المؤمنين من بين أظهرهم ، فأخرجه الله تعالى سالما ، وأهلكهم في أرضهم صاغرين مهانين .وقوله تعالى : ( إنهم أناس يتطهرون ) قال قتادة ، عابوهم بغير عيب .وقال مجاهد : ( إنهم أناس يتطهرون ) من أدبار الرجال وأدبار النساء . وروي مثله عن ابن عباس أيضا .

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