تفسير : (they said: lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk) idolatrous folk who brought ruin upon themselves because of engaging in an abominable act; referring here to the folk of lot,
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : they said, ‘lo! we have been sent to a guilty folk, disbelievers — these were the people of lot —