Al-Qur'an Surah Adh-Dhariyat Verse 31

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He (Ibrāhīm) said (to the angels), “Then, what is your mission O messengers?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O  messengers?”

Ruwwad Translation Center

Abraham said, “Then what is your mission, O messengers?”

A. J. Arberry

Said he, 'And what is your business, envoys?'

Abdul Haleem

Abraham said, ‘What is your errand, messengers?’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

He said: what then is your errand! O ye sent ones!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Abraham) said; "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"

Abul Ala Maududi

Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?”

Ahmed Ali

He said: "What is then your business, O messengers?"

Ahmed Raza Khan

Said Ibrahim, “What is your task, O the sent angels?”

Ali Quli Qarai

He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’

Ali Ünal

He (Abraham) said: "Then (after that), what is your concern, O you (heavenly) envoys?"

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Abraham) said (to them), `Now what is your errand, O you who have been sent (by God)!

English Literal

He said: "So what (is) your matter/affair/concern, oh you the messengers?"

Faridul Haque

Said Ibrahim, “What is your task, O the sent angels?”

Hamid S. Aziz

He said, "What is your errand then, O Messengers!"

Hilali & Khan

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

They said: Thus says thy Lord. Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?

Muhammad Sarwar

Abraham asked, "Messengers, what is your task?"

Qaribullah & Darwish

'Messengers' said he (Abraham), 'what is your errand'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

(Ibrahim) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers"

Wahiduddin Khan

Abraham asked, "What is your errand, O messengers?"

Talal Itani

He said, “What is your business, O envoys?”

Tafsir jalalayn

He said, `So what is your business, O you who have been sent [by God]?'

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet Lut

Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him,

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَاءتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَادِلُنَا فِي قَوْمِ لُوطٍ

إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ


يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَذَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَاء أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ

وَإِنَّهُمْ اتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ

Then when the fear had gone away from (Ibrahim), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lut. Verily, Ibrahim was, without doubt forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility, and was repentant. "O Ibrahim! Forsake this. Indeed, the commandment of your Lord has gone forth. Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned back." (11;74-76)

Allah said here,

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ



(Ibrahim) said;"Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers!"

meaning, `what is the mission that you were sent with,'

قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ