![]() He should capitalize on the former and work continuously on protecting and remedying the latter. Hence, every person is obliged to study himself to see where his personal strengths and weaknesses lie. The tests of Lut’s people, certainly, were unique, requiring a unique set of responses. People vary in their tests and also capacities. It is a short-lived affair nonetheless, whereas the Hereafter is the eternal abode.Īs part of the procedure, Allah makes some people more inclined to certain sins than others. In passing, this earthly life in its totality is nothing but a test. In addition, Allah as the Creator tests man as His creation with myriads of tests. The damage originating therefrom is more substantial, more vicious and more durable. Satan’s destruction of man does not manifest itself physically, but spiritually, morally and psychologically. So confident was Satan about his plans that he said to Allah that “You will not find most of them grateful (to You)” ( al-A’raf, 17). He will rebel against himself, his Creator and the order of nature. Satan promised that he will go so far in deluding and misguiding man that man, in the end, will yet resort to changing the creation of Allah. The purpose is to awaken the animal side of man and to make it rule over the rest of his being. These in turn trigger and intensify the processes of pleasure-seeking with the aim of getting the most out of the sole and short life opportunity. Satan knows that man’s weakest points (Achilles’ heel) are mortality and thirst for power. Falsely decorating and making bad things fair-seeming to people is analogous to Satan’s operational forte. He aims to hit man where it hurts him most. Some of the most applicable strategies of Satan are reinvention, ingenuity, guile and deceit. Destroying humanity became the object of his existence. When Satan rebelled against Allah, he vowed that he will stop at nothing in order to deceive and misguide man. ![]() The Prophet cursed three times “the one who does the action of the people of Lut”, which is unprecedented. Some of such languages are Arabic, Malay, Persian, Bosnian, Urdu, Pashto and Turkish.Īllah calls the people of Lut immoral, unjust, lewd, mischievous, transgressors, criminals, evil-doers, people without reason, destroyed in such a way that their roots were cut off, a people given to evil and committing abominations. Moreover, in the languages of most countries where Muslims are majority, the root of the word “lut (lwt)” is also used for constructing terms, often pejoratively, concerning homosexuality. With slight variations, the word entered the vocabularies of many world languages, becoming an international term. The impact was so great that the word “sodom” became the origin of several English words, such as sodomy, sodomize and sodomite, all of which are related to having intercourse with the same gender as a crime against nature. Allah took away their sight, rained down on them showers of stones, turned their houses upside down, and caused them to be swallowed up by the earth.Ĭonsequently, Sodom and Gomorrah became synonymous with the shameful sin of homosexuality, and the annihilation of their people a proverbial manifestation of heavenly vengeance and justice. Lut’s people were punished with a combination of punishments, so as to teach posterity a lesson. It is a form of existential perversion whose presence cannot be tolerated. As a bane of existence, it must be confronted head-on. Homosexuality is the mother of all immorality. It violates the fitrah (human nature), treats with contempt religious commandments, works against the laws of nature, and establishes itself as an agent of falsehood and misguidance. Its character is such that it leads to a succession of other equally atrocious crimes. Homosexuality is one of the most despicable crimes. The extensive accounts of Lut and his people are presented in these Qur’anic surahs (chapters): al-A’raf (80-84), Hud (74-83), al-Hijr (58-77), al-Anbiya’ (74-75), al-Shu’ara’ (160-175), al-Naml (54-58), al-‘Ankabut (28-35), al-Saffat (133-138), al-Qamar (33-40), and al-Tahrim (10). The following are six lessons gleaned therefrom: Homosexuality as an atrocious evil As a result, they were punished and wiped off the face of the earth. His people were homosexuals, generating all sorts of other unspeakable sins as well. ![]() ![]() ![]() Prophet Lut (Lot), a nephew of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), was sent to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the vicinity of the Dead Sea. ![]()
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