Al-Ankaboot • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًۭا ۚ قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا ۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ﴾
“[And when Abraham] exclaimed, “But Lot lives there!” - they answered: We know fully well who is there; most certainly we shall save him and his household - all but his wife: she will indeed be among those that stay behind.””
(He said) Abraham said: (Lo! Lot is there) so how could you destroy them, O Gabriel? (They) i.e. Gabriel and the angels with him (said: We are best aware of who is there. We are to deliver him and his household) his daughters Za'ura and Raytha, (all save his wife) Wa'ilah the hypocrite, (who is of those who stay behind) and be destroyed.