Quran-51:32 Surah Adh-dhariyat English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

Transliteration:( Qaalooo innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmim mujrimeen )

32.They said: "We have certainly been sent to a sinful [33] people." (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(32) They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals[1541] (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Adh-Dhariyat Ayat 32 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

📖 Commentary of Verse 32-33 (Surah Hud)

32. They said: "We have certainly been sent to a sinful [33] people."

[33] The Sinful People

  • The angels reveal that they have been sent to a sinful people, referring to the people of Prophet Lut (Peace be upon him).

  • This indicates that their wickedness and immoral behavior had reached a point where divine intervention was necessary.

Destruction of the People of Lut

  • The people of Hazrat Lut (Peace be upon him) were indulging in acts of sodomy, a grave sin in the sight of Allah.

  • The angels' mission was to bring about the destruction of these sinful people as a result of their corruption.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Ad-Dhariyat verse 32 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Dhariyat ayat 31 which provides the complete commentary from verse 31 through 37.

(51:32) They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people[31]

Ala-Maududi

(51:32) They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people[31]


31. That is, to the people of the Prophet Lot (peace be upon him). The epithet of a criminal people was enough to tell which people were meant in view of the gravity of their crimes. They have already been mentioned in the Quran in (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 80-84); (Surah Hud, Ayat 74-83); (Surah Al-Hijr, Ayat 58-79); (Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayat 74-75); (Surah Ash-Shuara, Ayat 160-175); (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 54-58); (Surah As-Saaffat, Ayat 133-137).

(32) They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals[1541]

[1541]- i.e., those who defied Lot (upon him be peace).

Surah Adh-Dhariyat All Ayat (Verses)

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