Al-A'raf 7:81
SAHIHإِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ
Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."
Innakum lataatoonar rijaala shahwatam min doonin nisaaa'; bal antumqawmum musrifoon
Tafsir (Commentary)
<h2>The Story of Prophet Lut, upon Him be Peace, and His People</h2><p>Allah said, We sent, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَ</div><p>(And) </p><div class="arabic uthmani">لُوطاًإِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ</div><p>(Lut, when he said to his people..) Lut (Lot) is the son of Haran the son of Azar (Terah), and he was the nephew of Ibrahim, peace be upon them both. Lut had believed in Ibrahim and migrated with him to the Sham area. Allah then sent Lut to the people of Sadum (Sodom) and the surrounding villages, to call them to Allah, enjoin righteousness and forbid them from their evil practices, their sin, and wickedness. It this area, they did things that none of the children of Adam or any other creatures ever did before them. They used to have sexual intercourse with males instead of females. This evil practice was not known among the Children of Adam before, nor did it even cross their minds, so they were unfamiliar with it before the people of Sodom invented it, may Allah's curse be on them. `Amr bin Dinar conmented on; </p><div class="arabic uthmani">مَا سَبَقَكُمْ بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن الْعَـلَمِينَ</div><p>("...as none preceding you has committed in all of the nations.") "Never before the people of Lut did a …
Other Translations
Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk.
"For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."
"Verily, you practise your lusts on men instead of women. Nay, but you are a people transgressing beyond bounds (by committing great sins)."
“You lust after men rather than women. You are an excessive people.”