In Qur'an 26, the supplication of Lut (a) and its acceptance are mentioned. He asked God to rescue him and his family from those people. Lut (a) wished if he had a support to stop people's heinous action. So, they admonished Lut (a) for accepting the guests in his house and rejected his offer for marrying his daughters in return for not abusing his guests. They had previously told him that every male guest who entered that region belonged to them and he should not take them home. Lut (a) asked people not to embarrass him with their heinous actions, prohibited them from harming his guests, and asked them to marry his daughters instead. When Prophet Lut (a) saw the people, found about their intention to abuse the guests. When the people of Lut were informed about the presence of the guests in the house of Lut (a), went to his house to act according to their custom of engaging homosexual activities with the guests. After a short while, Lut's wife saw the guests and informed the people about the handsome guests of Lut (a). He was worried about abusing his young guests by the people and told them, "Don't you know the people of this region have a bad habit? They are the worst of people on the earth." In Qur'an 11:77, the worries of Lut (a) are mentioned. The angels went to the Prophet Lut (a) in the form of young men and told him, "we are your guests tonight." Angels Coming to the House of Lut (a)īy order of God, Gabriel and Michel and Israfil were ordered to deliver divine punishment upon the people of Lut. After Lut's warning did not cause his people to abandon their heinous actions, he asked God to punish them. After they persisted on committing sins, he warned them that they would receive divine punishment if they do not repent. Prophet Lut (a) invited his people to worship God and abandon greater sins including male sexual activities. He was the nephew of Prophet Abraham (a) and the brother of Sarah.īased on historical sources, the people of Lut were punished by the angels of divine punishment after they did not abandon greater sins including male homosexual activities. Lut (a) was the son of Haran (a) and the prophet who was given the mission to invite the people of al-Mu'takifat to the religion of Abraham (a) and monotheism. Īccording to the Qur'an, the people of Lut were the first people who committed male sexual activities. Other characteristics attributed to them are clapping and whistling, wearing red clothes, playing with pigeons, and drinking alcoholic drinks. They committed male homosexual activities, banditry and abusing passengers. A negative appearance of the people of Lut is mentioned in the Qur'an and historical texts. It included the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Zoar, and Zeboiim in Palestine. People of Lut lived in the al-Mu'takifat region in Palestine. Before the divine punishment, Prophet Lut (a) and his two daughters exited the al-Mu'takifat region at night as the angels advised them. After the people of Lut wanted to abuse the guests of Prophet Lut (a), they were punished by God. The Qur'an introduced them as the first people who committed male homosexual activities. They committed sins such as male homosexual activities, banditry, and harassment of passengers. They have a negative appearance in the Qur'an, the Torah and historical sources. People of Lut (Arabic: قَوْم لُوط) lived in the al-Mu'takifat region in Palestine.
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