سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 160
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿160﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The people of Lût (Lot) (-who dwelt in the town of Sodom in Palestine) belied the Messengers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
Denied
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
لُوطٍ
lūṭin
(of) Lut
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
l-mur'salīna
the Messengers
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160. The people of Lot also denied the messengers [99].
[99] Lutؑ was the cousin of Ibrahimؑ. When Ibrahimؑ bade farewell to his homeland, only this one individual believed in him and migrated with him towards Palestine. It was here that he was granted prophethood. Ibrahimؑ sent him towards the region east of the Jordan. The center of his preaching was Sodom and its surrounding area, as well as the settlements of Gomorrah. His people, in addition to polytheism and other immoralities, were involved in sodomy and were in fact the originators of this evil act. These people were also obsessed with family planning. That is why, abandoning the natural way of satisfying lust, they began the act of homosexuality with boys. Furthermore, these people were not ashamed of their unnatural behavior, nor did they consider it a sin. Rather, from a rational perspective, they would enumerate many benefits of it.
[99] Lutؑ was the cousin of Ibrahimؑ. When Ibrahimؑ bade farewell to his homeland, only this one individual believed in him and migrated with him towards Palestine. It was here that he was granted prophethood. Ibrahimؑ sent him towards the region east of the Jordan. The center of his preaching was Sodom and its surrounding area, as well as the settlements of Gomorrah. His people, in addition to polytheism and other immoralities, were involved in sodomy and were in fact the originators of this evil act. These people were also obsessed with family planning. That is why, abandoning the natural way of satisfying lust, they began the act of homosexuality with boys. Furthermore, these people were not ashamed of their unnatural behavior, nor did they consider it a sin. Rather, from a rational perspective, they would enumerate many benefits of it.
