15:57
قَالَفَمَاخَطْبُكُمْأَيُّهَاٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ٥٧
qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"(57)
Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 57 (15:57)
ٱلْحِجْر
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Quran 15:57 is ayah 57 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 265 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 14
- Hizb 27
- Page 265
- Ruku 4
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- فَمَاfamāThen what
- خَطْبُكُمْkhaṭbukum(is) your business
- أَيُّهَاayyuhāO messengers
- ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnaO messengers
Tafsir (commentary) of 15:57
Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.
English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir
This commentary explains ayahs 15:57–60 together.
The Reason why the Angels came
Allah tells us that after Ibrahim had calmed down from the excitement of this good news, he started to ask them why they had come to him. They said,
إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
(We have been sent to a guilty people.) meaning the people of Lut. They told him that they were going to save the family of Lut from among those people, except for his wife, because she was one of those who were doomed. Thus it was said,
إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ
(Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind.) i.e., she was one of those who would be left behind and will be destroyed.