أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تَجْهَلُونَ
A'innakum lataatoonar rijaala shahwatam min doonin nisaaa'; bal antum qawmun tajhaloon
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
Themes in this ayah
Explore in Habl →Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.
4 other themes with weak connections
Labeled by AI and people · How this worksFollow this theme through An-NamlFollow this theme
Lessons from past peoples
27:55Ayah 193
32 ayahs in An-Naml are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples27:54And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?Next on Lessons from past peoples →27:56But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."
Tafsir
Scholars offer complementary perspectives
What! Do you read a-innakum pronouncing both hamzas or by not pronouncing the second and inserting an alif between the two in both cases come unto men in lust instead of women? Nay but you are truly a people in ignorance’ of the consequence of your action.
Related Hadiths
Related Topics
Related Ayahs
Loading related ayahs…