Lut

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Lut (Arabic: لوط ) was a prophet mentioned in the Qur'an and known as Lot in the Bible.

According to Islamic tradition, Lut lived in Ur and was a nephew of Ibrahim. His story is often used as a reference by traditional Islamic scholars to show that homosexuality is haram ("unlawful"). He was commanded by God to go to the land of Sodom and Gomorra to preach against homosexuality. In the Qur'an as in the Bible, Lut's message is ignored, Sodom and Gommorra is detroyed and his wife is left behind to be destroyed.

And Lut, when he said to his tribe: "Do you commit an obscenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the worlds? You come with lust to men instead of women. You are indeed a depraved tribe." The only answer of his tribe was to say: "Expel them from your city! They are people who keep themselves pure!" So We rescued him and his family-except for his wife. She was one of those who stayed behind. We rained down a rain upon them. See the final fate of the evildoers!

(Qur'an, 7:80-84)

The major difference between the story of Lut in the Qur'an and the story of Lot in the Bible is that the Biblical version includes stories of Lot's incestuous relationship with his daughters, which do not appear in Qur'an.

[edit] References to Lot in the Qur'an

• Habits of Lot's people: 7:80, 7:81, 11:78, 11:79, 15:67, 15:68, 15:69, 15:70, 15:72, 21:74, 26:165, 26:166, 26:168, 27:54, 27:55, 29:28, 29:29, 54:37, 69:9
• Attributes and appraisals for Lot: 6:86, 21:74, 21:75, 26:162, 29:26, 37:133
• Lot's preaching: 7:80, 7:81, 7:82, 26:160, 26:161, 26:162, 26:163, 26:164, 26:168, 27:54, 27:55, 29:28, 29:29, 54:36
• Challenges for Lot's: 7:82, 11:78, 26:160, 26:167, 26:169, 27:56, 29:30, 38:13, 50:13, 54:33, 54:37, 66:10
• Lot moved away: 11:80
• Safe for Lot and his family: 7:83, 11:81, 15:59, 15:65, 26:170, 27:57, 29:32, 29:33, 37:134, 51:35, 51:36, 54:34
• Punishment for Lot's people: 7:84, 9:70, 11:70, 11:74, 11:76, 11:77, 11:81, 11:82, 11:83, 11:89, 15:63, 15:64, 15:66, 15:73, 15:74, 25:40, 26:171, 26:172, 26:173, 27:58, 29:31, 29:34, 37:135, 37:136, 51:32, 51:33, 51:34, 51:36, 51:37, 53:53, 53:54, 54:34, 54:38, 69:10

[edit] See also

• Similarities between the Bible and the Qur'an.