Apparent Contradiction In The Story Prophet Lut In Surah Hijr & Hud
This is a usual style of the Quran to tell different parts of a story in different orders, depending upon different requisites of the particular style of narration in one place. It is not necessary that two events narrated consecutively always come one after another. The word و does not necessitate the order of the events. To indicate the same, in Al Bayan a parenthetical annotation is given at the beginning of verse 15: 67, read the following translation by Ghamidi saheb: [It happened before this that seeing boys coming over to the house of Lot,] the people of the city arrived with joy. Lot said: “These are my guests; so, do not humiliate me; fear God and do not disgrace me.” They said: “Had we not stopped you from all the people from outside [that you should not become a hindrance between them and us?”] Lot [helplessly] said: “If you have to do something, then here are my daughters.” By your life [O Lot! At this time,] they are being blind because of their frenzy. [We assured Lot.] Then at the strike of daybreak, Our shout [87] overtook them and We ravaged that settlement and let loose on them a shower of stones made of hard clay.[88]