Transliteration:( Fa asri bi ahlika biqit'im minal laili wattabi' adbaarahum wa laa yaltafit minkum ahadunw wamdoo haisu tu'maroon )
74. From this we learn that besides some of his family members no one believed in Hazrat Lut (On whom be peace), otherwise mention would have been made here of those believers. We further learn until a locality is inhabited by pious people, Divine punishment will not descend on it. It is for this reason that these people are being separated from there.
75. So that you can be fully informed that none of them are left behind, and that you continue to convey to them the orders of Allah Almighty that none of them should turn to look behind. From this we learn that the protectors sometimes remain at the back.Â
Whosoever turns his back towards the Invisible Beings and goes on a battle or debate the will, if Allah Almighty wills, be successful. This verse can be the source of this refuge.Â
76. This means towards Syria where these people were commanded to go.
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65. “Then travel for a portion of the night with your family, and you go behind them in the rear, and let no one amongst you look back, but go on to where you are ordered.” 66. And We made this decree known to him that those (sinners) would be rooted out in the early morning.
Allah tells us that His angels ordered Lut to set out after part of the night had passed. They told him to walk behind them, to protect them. Similarly, the Messenger of Allah would walk in the rear of the army on military campaigns, in order to help the weak and carry those who had no means of transport.
(and let no one amongst you look back,) meaning – when you hear the people screaming from their torment, do not turn around to look at them; leave them to face whatever punishment and vengeance is coming to them.
(but go on to where you are ordered.) – it is as if they had a guide with them to show them the way.
(And We made this decree known to him) meaning – We already told him about that.
(that those (sinners) would be rooted out in the early morning.) meaning in the morning, as in another Ayah:
(Indeed, morning is their appointed time. Is not the morning near) ﴿11:81﴾
(15:65) So set out with your family in a watch of the night, and keep yourself behind them,[37] and no one of you may turn around,[38] and keep going ahead as you have been commanded.”
37. That is, you should walk behind your people lest anyone of them should stay behind.
38. It did not mean: “look not behind thee, lest thou be consumed,” as stated in the Bible. But it merely meant to warn them: None of you should turn round to see what was happening behind them lest you should stop to see when you heard the cries of the smitten people. For it is neither the time nor the place viewing the destruction nor shedding tears of regret. If you stop even for a minute in the territory of the smitten people you also might get hurt from the rain of stones.
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