Adh-Dhariyat Verse 31

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And now, said Ibrahim to his guests, "what is the purpose of your visit, O you itinerant messengers