![]() 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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