![]() And the (cities were) right on the high-road. (Surat al-Hijr: 73-76) Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand. The verses describe the destruction of this people as follows īut the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning, And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay. (They heard:) “Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning.” Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them: (Surat al-Qamar: 37-38) ![]() In the morning, his people were destroyed by the disaster of which Lut had informed them in advance.Īnd they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. When the perversity of the city people reached its fullest extent, Allah saved Lut by means of the angels. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?” (Surah Hud: 81) (The Messengers) said: “O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. His “visitors” reminded him that they were the messengers of Allah and said “Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support.” (Surah Hud: 80) Thinking that he and his visitors subjected to evil treatment, Lut said: ![]() They said: “Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?” (Surat al-Hijr: 70) Lut said: “These are my guests: disgrace me not: But fear Allah, and shame me not.” (Surat al-Hijr: 68-69) Being afraid for his visitors, Lut addressed his people as follows They did not hesitate to approach these visitors perversely as they had approached others before. Meanwhile, his people had learned that Lut had visitors. Not having met the messengers before, Lut first became anxious, but then calmed down after talking to them Advertisements Giving Ibrahim the good news that his wife would give birth to an infant, the messengers explained the reason of their being sent: the insolent people of Lut were to be destroyed.Īfter leaving Ibrahim’s company, the angels, who were sent as messengers, came to Lut. These angels visited Ibrahim before coming to Lut. Upon Lut’s prayer, Allah sent two angels in the form of men. Receiving the above answer from his people, Lut asked for the help of Allah, Lut called his people to an obvious truth and warned them explicitly, but his people did not heed any warnings whatsoever and continued to reject Lut and to deny the penalty of which he told them. In other verses, the event is told as follows His people detested him because of his showing them the right way, and wanted to banish both him and the other believers beside him. The people of Lut threatened him in response to his inviting them to the right way. The Qur’an tells how Lut warned his people and what they said in reply Archaeological studies reveal that the city is located in the area of the Dead Sea which stretches along the Israel-Jordan border.īefore examining the remains of this disaster, let’s see why the people of Lut were punished in this fashion. Being situated at the north of the Red Sea, this community is understood to have been destroyed just as it is written in the Qur’an. The city where Lut resided is referred to as Sodom in the Old Testament. In the end, these people were destroyed by a dreadful disaster. When Lut told them to give up this perversion and brought them Allah’s warning, they denied him, refused his prophethood, and carried on with their perversion. These people, as the Qur’an tells us, practiced a perversion unknown to the world up to then, namely sodomy. Lut AS was sent as a messenger to one of Ibrahim AS’s neighbouring communities. The Old Testament says that Lut was Ibrahim’s nephew and that they travelled some distance together in Ibrahim’s long journeys. Lut AS lived at the same time as Ibrahim AS.
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