The people of the city are the people of Sodom, whose judge was made an example of in injustice. They were rejoicing in the angels, so do not disgrace me with the disgrace of my guests. For whoever wrongs his guest or his neighbor has wronged him, just as whoever honors those who are connected to him has honored him. And do not bring shame upon me, nor humiliate me by humiliating my guests, for shame is humiliation. Or do not consult me, from the meaning of shame, which is modesty, about the world. Do not grant refuge to anyone from them, nor defend against them, nor prevent them from us, for they used to expose themselves to everyone. And he, blessings and peace be upon him, would prohibit wrongdoing and create a barrier between them and those who would expose themselves to him. They threatened him and said, 'If you do not stop, O Lot, you will surely be among those expelled.' It was said about the hospitality of people and receiving them, and they forbade him from ever hosting anyone. 'These are my daughters,' indicating the women, for every nation has the sons of its prophet, their men are his sons and their women are his daughters. It is as if he said to them: 'These are my daughters, so marry them, and let my sons be, do not expose yourselves to them if you are to act.' There is doubt about their acceptance of his words, as if he said: 'If you do what I say to you, and I do not think you will.' It was said: 'If you intend to fulfill your desires in what Allah has made lawful, not in what He has prohibited.' 'By your life,' meaning the angels said to Lot, blessings and peace be upon him: 'By your life, indeed they are in their intoxication,' meaning their delusion that has taken away their minds and their ability to distinguish between the wrong they are upon and the right that you advise them to. From leaving boys for girls, they are confused, so how will they accept your words and listen to your advice? It was said that the address is to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, and that he swore by his life, and he did not swear by the life of anyone else as a mark of honor for him. 'By your life' refers to a single life, except that they specified the oath with the open letter to prefer the lighter form in it. This is because swearing is often on their tongues, and therefore they omitted the news, and its estimation is: 'By your life' from what he swore by, just as they omitted the verb in the saying: 'By Allah.' And it was read: 'in their intoxication' and 'in their drunkenness.' The shout is the shout of Gabriel, peace be upon him, as they were entering at dawn, which is the rising of the sun, from [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN:sijjil], it was said to be from clay, upon which is a book from the record. Its evidence is Allah's saying: 'Stones of clay marked by your Lord,' meaning marked with a book for those who observe, for the discerning and contemplative. The reality of those who observe is the watchers who are cautious in their observation until they know the true mark of the thing. It is said: 'I observed in so-and-so such-and-such,' meaning I recognized his mark in it. The pronoun in 'its high' refers to the villages of the people of Lot, and indeed these villages, meaning their remnants, are on a path that is established, stable, which people walk upon, and it has not yet faded away. They can see those remnants, and it is a reminder for Quraysh, as His saying: 'And indeed you pass by them in the morning.'