Tafseer of The Rock · Al-Hijr · 15:68
[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
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He, exalted be His praise, says: Lūṭ said to his people: Truly, these who have come to visit you and with whom you wish to commit indecency are my guests; it is a duty upon a man to honor his guest. Do not, then, disgrace me, O people, in the presence of my guests, and show me honor by not approaching them with that which causes them harm.
