Surah Hud
Chapter 11 · Verse 81 · Revealed in Makkah
“The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
Lut's Inability, His Desire for Strength and the Angels' Informing Him of the Reality
Allah, the Exalted says that Lut was threatening them with his statement,
لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
At that time, the angels under Divine command said to Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) : فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ (So, move with your family in a part of night). And asked him to instruct everyone in his family not to turn and look back with the exception of his wife because she was going to be hit by the same punishment that was to fall on his people.
This could also mean that he was not to take his wife along with him. And it could also mean that, being his wife, she was to go along as part of his family, but she would not obey the instruction of not looking back he would give to his family. According to some reports, this is what happened. This wife started off with others, but when she heard the big bang of the punishment given to her people, she looked back and felt sorry at their destruction. At that moment there came a splintered rock and finished her off like others. (Qurtubi, Mazhari)
What does this verse bring up for you today?