Abrahamic LineQur'an

Lūṭعليه السلاملُوط

HūdAl-AʿrāfAl-ḤijrAl-Shuʿarāʾ
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A prophet and kinsman of Ibrāhīm, sent to a people who committed open indecency. He warned them and was saved with his family — except his wife — when the towns were overturned.

The name

Kinsman of Ibrāhīm who believed with him (29:26)

Source: Qur'an

The story, as the Qurʼan tells it
  1. The beginningA people who committed an indecency no one in the worlds had committed before them, and who cut off the road.
    7:80-81

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    29:28-29

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

  2. The callFear Allah and obey me; his warnings were met with 'drive them out of your town.'
    26:161-163

    إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    7:82

    وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

  3. The signMessengers came to him as guests; his people rushed at his door and he had no power to stop them.
    11:77-80

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًۭا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًۭا وَقَالَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌۭ

    15:61-71

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

  4. The testHe was told to leave with his family by night and let no one look back — except his wife, who was to share her people's fate.
    11:81

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍۢ

    15:65

    فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

  5. The outcomeAt dawn the towns were turned upside down and rained upon with stones of baked clay.
    11:82-83

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ

    15:73-74

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

The lessonA prophet's household is no shield: his wife was lost to her people's sin, and the believers were saved by faith.
66:10

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍۢ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًۭٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ

27:57

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

Duʿāʾ — in their own words
Lūṭ when his people threatened him · 26:169
رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

Rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn

My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.

Relationships
KinsmanIbrāhīmHis uncle / kinsman
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