What does Quran 27:54 mean?

Quran 27:54 (Surah An-Naml, Ayah 54) translates to: "And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 27:54 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naml (The Ant), the 27th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 19.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 27:54?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 27:54?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

Ayah 53

وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّ...

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Q: What topics does Quran 27:54 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Lut, Prophet Stories, Major Sins, Warning to Disbelievers, Moral Corruption.

Ayah 55

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن ...

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Wa lootan iz qaala liqawmiheee ataatoonal faa hishata wa antum qawmun tajjhaloon

And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?

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27:54Ayah 193

32 ayahs in An-Naml are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

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And Lot Lūtan is in the accusative because of an implied udhkur ‘mention’ before it and it Lūtan is substituted by the following idh qāla … when he said to his people ‘What! Do you commit such abomination namely homosexual intercourse while you watch? that is to say while you watch one another so engrossed are you in the sinful act?

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Sulaiman b. Bilal from 'Amr b. Abi 'Umar. And 'Abbad b. Mansur transmitted it from 'Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas who transmitted it from the Prophet (ﷺ). It has also been transmitted by Ibn Juraij from Ibrahim from Dawud b. Al-Husain from 'Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas who transmitted it from the Prophet (ﷺ).

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