Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Hud, Ayah 81
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they said ‘O Lot truly we are messengers of your Lord. They shall not reach you with any harm so travel with your family during a part of the night and let not one of you turn round lest they see the terrible predicament that will befall them except for your wife read illā imra’atuka in the nominative as a substitute for ahadun; a variant reading has illā imra’ataka in the accusative as her being an exception among his ‘family’ in other words do no take her along when you travel lo! she shall be smitten by that which smites them it is said that he did not take her along with him; it is also said that she did set out with them and turned round and so exclaimed ‘Woe is my people!’ at which point a stone struck her and killed her. When he Lot asked them about the time of their destruction they replied Truly their tryst is for the morning and when he said ‘I want it to be sooner’ they said is the morning not nigh enough?’
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
When Gabriel and the angels knew the fear of Lot from the threat of his people, ((The messengers) said: O Lot! Lo! we are messengers of thy Lord; they shall not reach thee) to destroy you but rather we will destroy them. (So travel with thy people) go with your family (in a part of the night) at dawn, in the last part of the night, (and let not one of you turn round) let none of you stay behind ((all) save thy wife) Wa'ilah, the hypocrite. (Lo! that which smites them) of chastisement (will smiteth her (also). Lo! their tryst) to be destroyed (is (for) the morning) Lot said: �make that happen now,� and Gabriel said: �O Lot!� (Is not the morning nigh?) because he already saw it while Lot did not.