Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him,
[فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ
عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
- إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ
هَـذَآ إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ
مَرْدُودٍ ]
(Then when the fear had gone away from (Ibrahim), and the glad tidings had
reached him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lut. Verily, Ibrahim
was, without doubt forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility, and was
repentant. "O Ibrahim! Forsake this. Indeed, the commandment of your Lord has
gone forth. Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned
back.'')(11:74-76) Allah said here,
[قَالَ فَمَا
خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ]
((Ibrahim) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers'')
meaning, `what is the mission that you were sent with,'
[قَالُواْ إِنَّآ
أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ]
(They said: "We have been sent to a people who are criminals.'') in reference
to the people of Lut,
[لِنُرْسِلَ
عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ مُّسَوَّمَةً]
(To send down upon them stones of baked clay, marked), or written,
[عِندَ رَبِّكَ
لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ]
(by your Lord for transgressors.) recorded with Allah to their names; each
stone has the name of its companion. Allah said in Surat Al-`Ankabut,
[قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا
لُوطاً قَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ
امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ ]
((Ibrahim) said: "But there is Lut in it.'' They said: "We know better who is
there. We will verily save him and his family except his wife: she will be of
those who remain behind.'')(29:32), and said here,
[فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن
كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ]
(So We brought out from therein the believers.) they are: Lut and his family,
except his wife,
[فَمَا وَجَدْنَا
فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ]
(But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one.) Allah the
Exalted said,
[وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ
ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ]
(And We have left there a sign for those who fear the painful torment.)
meaning, `We left a proof of the punishment, torment and stones made of Sijjil
(baked clay) that We sent on them; We made their dwelling place a putrid, evil,
dead sea. This should provide a lesson for the believers,'
[لِّلَّذِينَ
يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ]
(for those who fear the painful torment.)
[وَفِى مُوسَى إِذْ
أَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ - فَتَوَلَّى بِرُكْنِهِ
وَقَالَ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ - فَأَخَذْنَـهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَـهُمْ فِى
الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ - وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ
الْعَقِيمَ - مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ جَعَلَتْهُ
كَالرَّمِيمِ - وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّى حِينٍ -
فَعَتَوْاْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ -
فَمَا اسْتَطَـعُواْ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ - وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ
مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْماً فَـسِقِينَ ]
(38. And in Musa, when We sent him to Fir`awn with a manifest authority.)
(39. But (he) turned away along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer or a
madman.'') (40. So We took him and his armies, and dumped them into the sea
(Yamm), for he was blameworthy.) (41. And in `Ad when We sent against them the
barren wind;) (42. It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken
spreads of rotten ruins.) (43. And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy
yourselves for a while!'') (44. But they insolently defied the command of their
Lord, so the Sa`iqah overtook them while they were looking.) (45. Then they were
unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.) (46. (So were) the people of
Nuh before them. Verily, they were a people who were rebellious.)
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