Story of Prophet Lut (AS)

Story of Prophet Lut (AS)

1. Where were  the people of  Sodon lived  ? What were they doing ?

              People of Sodon was on the western shore of the Dead Sea. This city was filled with evil. Its residents waylaid, robbed and killed travelers. Another common evil among them was that men had sex with men instead of with women. This unnatural act later became known as sodomy (after the city of Sodom). It was practiced openly and unashamedly.

2. Why Prophet Lut (AS) was  sent to people of Sodon by Allah SWT?

             It was at the height of these crimes and sins that Allah SWT  revealed to Prophet Lut (AS) that he should summon the people to give up their indecent behavior, but they were so deeply sunk in their immoral habits that they were deaf to Lut's preaching. Swamped in their unnatural desires, they refused to listen, even when Lut warned them of Allah's punishment. Instead, they threatened to drive him out of the city if he kept on preaching.

3. How Angels came to Prophet Lut (AS)  and what they had instructed him to do ? 

             Angels reached the walls of the town in the afternoon. The first person who caught sight of them was Lut's daughter, who was sitting beside the river, filling her jug with water. When she lifted her face and saw them, she was stunned that there could be men of such magnificent beauty on earth.

               One of the three men (angels) asked Lut's daughter " is there a place to rest?", she swiftly ran home and asked his father. Lut felt distressed as he quickly ran to his guests. He asked them where they came from and where they were going. They did not answer his questions. Instead they asked if he could host them. He requested them to wait until the night fell, for then no one would see them. When darkness fell on the town, Lut escorted his guest to his home. No one was aware of their presence. Lut's wife saw them , she ran to her people with the news and it spread to all the inhabitants like wildfire.

       The angels warned Prophet Lut (AS) to leave his house before sunrise, taking with him all his family except his wife, who was a disbeliever.

4. What type of punishment did people of Sodon  received from Allah SWT ?

              Allah SWT had decreed that the city of Sodom should perish. An earthquake rocked the town. It was as if a mighty power had lifted the entire city and flung it down in one jolt. A storm of stones rained on the city. Everyone and everything was destroyed, including Lut's wife.