Tafseer van at-Tabari

Tafseer of The Rock · Al-Hijr · 15:70

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

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Tabari (1 passage)

Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text
قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ — Allah the Exalted says: the people of Lūṭ said to him: "Did we not forbid you from taking in anyone of mankind as a guest?"
As Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His word أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ : he said: "Did we not forbid you from taking in anyone as a guest?"
Show original Arabic
( قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ ) يقول تعالى ذكره: قال للوط قومه: أو لم ننهك أن تضيف أحدا من العالمين. كما حدثنا بشر ، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة، قوله ( أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ ) قال: ألم ننهك أن تضيف أحدا؟