Prophet Lut (Lot)
Contemporary of Ibrahim (c. 19th century BCE; people of Sodom).
Lut (Lot) was a prophet and the nephew of Ibrahim, sent to a people who committed grave immorality—sodomy, highway robbery and evil in their assemblies. He called them to abandon their ways and fear Allah, but they threatened him. When angels came to him in human form, the people demanded that he hand them over; Lut offered his daughters in marriage instead, but they insisted on their evil intent. The angels revealed themselves and told Lut to leave with his family by night and not to look back. A blast overturned the cities; Lut's wife looked back and was destroyed. Lut and the believers were saved; the ruins remain as a sign.
Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) left Egypt accompanied by his nephew Lut (peace be upon him), who then went to the city of Sodom (Sadum), which was on the western shore of the Dead Sea. This city was filled with evil. Its residents waylaid, robbed and killed travellers. Another common evil among them was that men had sex with men instead of with women. This unnatural act later became known as sodomy (after the city of Sodom). It was practiced openly and unashamedly.
In this story
- Description of the people of Sodom
- Lot’s message
- Lot’s wife
- Angels come to meet Lot
- The mob at Lot’s house
- The punishment
- Lot’s life after Sodom
Where the Quran tells it
- Hud 11:77-83
- Al-Hijr 15:57-77
- Ash-Shu'ara 26:160-175
- Al-A'raf 7:80-84
- Al-Ankabut 29:28-34
- At-Tahrim 66:10