2901: 16469: The dirhams: 1: Tafsir Abd al-Razzaq: (2/70).

: 16474: Are truthful: 2: The previous source.

: 16475: So He destroyed them: 3: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/367).

2902: 16478: So he killed them: 1: Tafsir Abd al-Razzaq: (2/70).

: 16481: Their plotting: 2: Ibn Kathir said in the interpretation of this verse: meaning, empty, with no one in it.

Al-Qurtubi said: Their plotting is what was narrated, that these nine men, when it was the beginning of the three days after the hamstringing of the she-camel, and Salih had informed them of the coming of the punishment, they conspired and swore an oath to come to Salih's house at night and kill him and his family members who were close to him. They said: If he is a liar in his threat, we will inflict upon him what he deserves, and if he is truthful, we will have hastened his [death] and healed our souls. This was stated by Mujahid and others.

2904: 16485: They show piety: 1: Al-Tabari: (19/174).

: 16486: He said ...: 2: It was erased in the original manuscript.

: 16487: The immorality: 3: Al-Qurtubi said regarding the saying of God Almighty: "Do you approach the immorality while you are witnessing?" meaning: the ugly, heinous act, "while you are witnessing" that it is an immorality, and that is a greater [aggravation] to your sins. It was also said: that you come to one another while you are looking at it, and they used to not conceal themselves out of their arrogance and defiance.

2905: 16492: Severe: 1: Surah Hud, verse 80: 16492: So he killed him: 2: Verse 2/344.

: 16493: Rain: 3: Meaning: he who warns and the warning is not accepted, and the explanation of this has already passed in [Surahs] al-A'raf and Hud.

2906: 16495: He chose: 1: Al-Farra' said: The people of meanings said: It was said to Lot, "Say: Praise be to Allah," upon their destruction. A group of scholars disagreed with al-Farra' on this and said: It is an address to our Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, meaning: Say: Praise be to Allah for the destruction of the disbelievers of the past nations. Al-Nahhas said: This is more appropriate because the Quran was revealed to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and everything in it is addressed to him—upon him be peace—except for that which its meaning is not valid except for someone else.