Which Surah and Juz is Quran 7:82 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), the 7th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 8.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 7:82?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 7:82?

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

What topics does Quran 7:82 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Lut, Rejection of Prophets, Moral Corruption, Sin, Hypocrisy.

Ayah 81

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُ...

7:82Al-A'raaf

Q: What does Quran 7:82 mean?

Quran 7:82 (Surah Al-A'raaf, Ayah 82) translates to: "But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure.""

Ayah 83

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَ...

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Wa maa kaana jawaaba qawmihee illaa an qaalooo akhrijoohum min qaryatikum innahum unaasuny yatatah haroon

But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

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Lessons from past peoples

7:82Ayah 1206

88 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples7:81Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."Next on Lessons from past peoples →7:83So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].

Tafsir

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And the response of his people was only that they said ‘Expel them that is Lūt and his followers from your city. Surely they are folk who would be pure!’ from the abomination of penetrating the rears of men.

" They felt jealous of him. but said: The people of Mecca, were jealous people."

Sunan Abu Dawud #352'Aishah said:Sahih

The people (mostly) were workers and they would come for Friday prayer in the same condition, so it was said to them: If only you were to perform Ghusl.

Sahih Muslim #1851'Aisha reported:Sahih

The people (mostly) were workers and they had no servants. Ill-smell thus emitted out of them. It was said to them: Were you to take bath on Friday.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4178The tradition mentioned above (No. 4164) has also been transmitted by Ammar ibn Yasir through a different chain of narrators. This version has:Sahih

Ammar said: I used khaluq. The first version is more perfect; it mentioned "taking a bath". Ibn Jurayj said: I said to Umar (a transmitter): They might be wearing ihram (robe of pilgrim)? He replied: No, they were residents.

Sahih Muslim #3701Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) said:Sahih

We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert.