Allah the Exalted said: << قال إن فيها لوطا قالوا نحن أعلم بمن فيها لننجينه وأهله إلا امرأته كانت من الغابرين >
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[Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot."
قال إن فيها لوطاLot
لوطًاInna
إنَّThey said
قالواWe are more knowing of who is within it
نحْن أعلَمُ بِمَن فِيهاWe know better
نحن أعلمُI know
أعلمWe are more deserving of doubt than Ibrahim
نحنُ أولى بالشكِّ مِن إبراهيم"My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allah] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied."
ربِّ أرني كيف تحيي الموتى قال أولم تؤمن قال بلى ولكن ليطمئن قلبيWe are more deserving of doubt than Ibrahim
نحن أولَى بالشَّكِّ من إبراهيمmore knowing of who is within it
أعلم بِمَن فيهاWhoever
مَنWe will surely save him
لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهWe will save
نُنَجِّيWe will save
نُنْجِيWe will save
أنجَىWe will surely save him
لَنُنَجِيَنَّهWe will save him and his family
لننجينه وأهلهWe will save him
لننجينهand his family, except his wife
وأهله إلا امرأتهand his family
وأهلهshe was of those who remained [with the evildoers].
كانت من الغابرينThey were
كانتAnd Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
وكان الله غفورا رحيمًاAnd ever is Allah Hearing and Seeing.
وكان الله سميعا بصيرًاWas
كانThe student: ...
The Shaykh : A moment. The intended meaning is that her name is described by its predicate. Here,
she was among those who remained behind
كانت مِن الغابرينThe student: ....
The Shaykh : There is no difference if it is said "the wife of so-and-so" ...
The student: The wife of Pharaoh...
The Shaykh : Meaning his wife.
The student:.....
The Shaykh : And the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot require [this rule] if this rule is not contradicted, then it is sound if it is not contradicted.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : He says that the word "woman" is not used to mean "wife" if she differs from her husband in religion, ... but what 'Abd al-Rahman said is that "woman" is used for a wife with agreement in religion, like his saying in the Qur'an regarding Abu Lahab:
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
وامرأته حمالة الحطبThe student: ....
The Shaykh : There is no danger in it if it is in the sense of generality, meaning it means that Ibrahim may not know everyone in it, but Lot addressed them on behalf of Lot, understood? So if we say considering the group, Lot and his people, then there is no barrier to the angels knowing better than Ibrahim, because we do not assert that he knows everyone in it. But if we say the intent is what happened to him or what was objected to, which is his statement that Lot is in it, then it is ... So the meaning is that we know, just as you know.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : But we know better ...
