“Then the (awful) cry overtook them at the sunrise: And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay. The Holy Quran gives a brief description of this mishap in the following Verses: The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and his followers were saved but his wife could not survive because she sympathized with the sinners. All arrogant sinners were completely destroyed. The rocks that went up in the air hit those who tried to escape. The houses crumbled down and lofty buildings smashed to nothing but rubble. A sudden tremendous noise shock the earth. The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and his adherents left the city in the fagging part of the night and took shelter in a place of safety. The Prophet Lut is Delivered and his Nation Destroyed So travel with thy people in a part of the night and not one of you turn round all save thy wife.” (Surah 11: Verse 81) “O’ Lut, Lo! We are messengers of thy Lord they shall not reach thee. When all efforts were ended in smoke, the angels who were in the form of human beings, said: The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) warned the people of the inevitable punishment in case they insisted on committing indecency. “Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support.” (Surah 11: Verse 80) The Prophet was much disappointed and said: “Well, you know that we have no right to your daughters and well, you know what we want.” (Surah 11: Verse 79) They rejected this appeal of the Prophet and said: Is there not among you any upright man ?” (Surah 11: Verse 78) “O’ my people! Here are my daughters! They are purer for you! Beware of Allah and degrade me not in (the presence of) my guests. When the people got wind of the visit of charming boys they tried to invade the house of Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and demanded of him to deliver the guests to them. The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and his followers were directed to leave the town because something very dreadful was going to happen. One day, three angels in the disguise of handsome young boys came to Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and they conveyed to him a special message from Almighty Allah. They were shamelessly addicted to grave sins and his warnings simply exasperated them. Gradually time passed by and the Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) did not achieve remarkable success on reforming those sinful persons. My Lord! save me and my household from what they do.” (Surah 26: Verses 167-169) He said: I am, in fact, of those who hate your conduct. “They said: If you desist not, O’ Lut, you will soon be of the outcast. The same idea is expressed in the following Verses: They are folk who seek to keep pure.” (Surah 7: Verse 82) “And the answer of his people was only that they said (to one another): Turn them out of your township. They retorted that he would be expelled from that town in case he did not stop preaching and rebuking them. They ridiculed and threatened him of dire consequences. They did not listen to the admonitions of their Prophet. He told them that God had created woman for them to satisfy their lust. He advised the people to guard themselves against the punishment from God. He began to preach the religion of God energetically. The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) was an alien to those people. “What? Do you not come to males and commit robbery on the highways and do evil deeds in your meeting?” (Surah 29: Verse 29) In another Verse the Holy Quran throws a light on the character of those sinning people. Nay, but you are wanton folk.” (Surah 7: Verses 80-81) Lo! you come with lust unto men instead of women. “And Lut (remember) when he said to his folk: Will you commit abomination such as no creature ever did before. He was commanded to leave his native land and go to Sodom and Gomorra to warn and reform the people who were indulged in grave sins such as homosexual intercourse and robbery. He was the resident of Ur, an ancient town in Mesopotamia. He was a nephew and follower of the Faith of his uncle. The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) was contemporary of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him).
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