;

Read Surah Al-Hijr

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

قَالَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ بَنٰتِیْۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِیْنَؕ۝۷۱

"Here are my daughters," said Lot, "if you are so active."

لَعَمْرُكَ اِنَّهُمْ لَفِیْ سَكْرَتِهِمْ یَعْمَهُوْنَ۝۷۲

Verily by your life they were utterly confused in their (lustful) drunkenness.

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّیْحَةُ مُشْرِقِیْنَۙ۝۷۳

So they were seized by the mighty blast at break of day;

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَ اَمْطَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّیْلٍؕ۝۷۴

And We turned the city upside down, and rained on them stones of hardened lava.

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِیْنَ۝۷۵

Herein are really signs for those who discern.

وَ اِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیْلٍ مُّقِیْمٍ۝۷۶

This (city) lies on a road that still survives.

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَؕ۝۷۷

Indeed there is a portent in this for those who believe.

وَ اِنْ كَانَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاَیْكَةِ لَظٰلِمِیْنَۙ۝۷۸

The dwellers of the Wood (near Midian) were also wicked.

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۘ وَ اِنَّهُمَا لَبِاِمَامٍ مُّبِیْنٍؕ۠۝۷۹

So We punished them too. They are both situated by the highway, clearly visible.

وَ لَقَدْ كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَۙ۝۸۰

The people of Al-Hijr denied Our apostles;