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Ayah
Word by Word
لَعَمۡرُكَ
By your life
إِنَّهُمۡ
indeed they
لَفِي
were in
سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ
their intoxication
يَعۡمَهُونَ
wandering blindly
لَعَمۡرُكَ
By your life
إِنَّهُمۡ
indeed they
لَفِي
were in
سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ
their intoxication
يَعۡمَهُونَ
wandering blindly
Translation
Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
Tafsir
By your life - this is an address to the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him - in their drunkenness they were bewildered, hesitant.
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The People of the City arrive upon the Angels, thinking that they are Men
Allah tells:
وَجَاء أَهۡلُ الۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ
And the inhabitants of the city came rejoicing.
Allah tells us about how Lut's people came to him when they found out about his handsome guests, and they came happily rejoicing about them.
قَالَ إِنَّ هَوُلاء ضَيۡفِي فَلَ تَفۡضَحُونِ
وَاتَّقُوا اللّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ
(Lut) said:""Verily, these are my guests, so do not shame me. And have Taqwa of Allah, and do not disgrace me.""
This is what Lut said to them before he knew that his guests were messengers from Allah, as mentioned in Surah Hud, but here (in this Surah), we have already been told that they are messengers from Allah, and this is followed by an account of Lut's people coming and his exchange with them.
However, here the conjunction (wa, meaning ""and"") does not imply the sequence of events, especially since there is something to indicate that this is not the case.
They said answering him,
قَالُوا أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ الۡعَالَمِينَ
They said:Did we not forbid you from entertaining (or protecting) any of the `Alamin!
meaning, `did we not tell you that you should not have anyone as a guest!'
قَالَ هَوُلاء بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمۡ فَاعِلِينَ
(Lut) said:""These are my daughters, if you must act (so).""
He reminded them about their womenfolk and what their Lord had created for them in the women of permissible sexual relationships.
This issue has already been explained and is no need to repeat the discussion here. All of this happened while they were still unaware of the inevitable calamity and punishment that was about to befall them the following morning.
Hence Allah, may He be exalted, said to Muhammad,
لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ
Verily, by your life, in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.
Allah swore by the life of His Prophet, which is an immense honor reflecting his high rank and noble status.
Amr bin Malik An-Nakari reported from Abu Al-Jawza' that Ibn Abbas said:
""Allah has never created or made or formed any soul that is dearer to him than Muhammad. I never heard that Allah swore by the life of anyone else.
Allah says,
لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ
Verily, by your life, in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.
meaning, by your life and the length of your stay in this world,
This was reported by Ibn Jarir.
Qatadah said:
لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ
(in their wild intoxication),
""It means - in their misguided state;
يَعۡمَهُونَ
(they were wandering blindly),
means - they were playing.""
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said:
لَعَمۡرُكَ
(Verily, by your life),
means by your life,
and
إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ
(in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly),
means that they were confused."
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