Transliteration:( Wa laqad raawadoohu 'andaifeehee fatamasnaaa a'yunahum fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur )
49. The infidels had said to Hazrat Lut (On whom be peace) that hand over your guests to us. By 'guests' is meant those angels who had come in the form of very handsome boys to him.
50. Hazrat Jibraeel (On whom be peace) nubbed his wing on their faces through which the place of their eyes was erased. At this they were so astonished that they began to run away. but could not find the way. Then, Hazrat Lut (On whom be peace) took them out of the door (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani). This tells us that the angels are a source of mercy to the believers and a bringer of punishment for the infidels. Only he is entitled to the mercy of Allah Almighty who is a true devotee of His Prophet.
51. By 'statements' is meant the discourses of Hazrat Lut (On whom be peace), which were full of warnings. This means, become eyewitness to the realities of these discourses.
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Please refer to Surah Qamar ayat 33 which provides the complete commentary from verse 33 through 40.
(54:37) Then they even solicited his guests from him, whereupon We blotted out their eyes, (telling them): “Now have a taste of My chastisement and My warnings.” [22]
22. The details of this story have been given in (Surah Houd, Ayat 77-83) and (Surah Al-Hijr, Ayat 61-74), a resume of which is as follows: When Allah decided to punish those people with a torment, He sent a few angels in the guise of handsome boys as guests in the house of the Prophet Lot (peace be upon him). When the people saw such handsome guests in Lot’s house, they rushed to it and demanded that they be handed over to them for the gratification of their lust. The Prophet Lot implored them to desist from their evil intention, but they did not listen and tried to enter his house to take hold of the guests forcibly. At this stage suddenly their eyes were blinded. Then the angels told Prophet Lot (peace be upon him) that he and his household should leave the city before dawn; then as soon as they had left a dreadful torment descended on the people. In the Bible also this event has been described. The words are: And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men (i.e. the angels) put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. (Gen. 19: 9-11).
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