21 He chastises whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He pleases, and to Him you will be turned back. |
22 And you cannot escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have no protector or helper besides Allāh. |
23 And those who disbelieve in the messages of Allāh and the meeting with Him, they despair of My mercy, and for them is a painful chastisement. |
24 So naught was the answer of his people except that they said: Slay him or burn him! But Allāh delivered him from the fire. Surely therein are signs for a people who believe. |
25 And he said: You have only taken idols besides Allāh by way of friendship between you in this world’s life, then on the day of Resurrection some of you will deny others, and some of you will curse others; and your abode is the Fire, and you will have no helpers. |
26 So Lot believed in him. And he said: I am fleeing to my Lord. Surely He is the Mighty, the Wise. |
27 And We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and ordained prophethood and the Book among his seed. And We gave him his reward in this world, and in the Hereafter he will surely be among the righteous. |
28 And (We sent) Lot, when he said to his people: Surely you are guilty of an abomination which none of the nations has done before you. |
29 Do you come to males and commit robbery on the highway, and commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But the answer of his people was only that they said: Bring on us Allāh’s chastisement, if thou art truthful. |
30 He said: My Lord, help me against the mischievous people. |
31 And when Our messengers came to Abraham with good news, they said: We are going to destroy the people of this town, for its people are iniquitous. |
32 He said: Surely in it is Lot. They said: We know well who is in it; we shall certainly deliver him and his followers, except his wife; she is of those who remain behind. |