Hazrat Lot (Peace be Upon Him) (Recommended study topic from Waqfe Nau Syllabus)
Hazrat Lotas and Hazrat Abrahamas: ✦ Hazrat Lotas was the nephew of Hazrat Abrahamas and was one of his first followers. (Holy Qur‟an 6:87). Hazrat Lotas is the ancestor of Ammonites and Moabites ✦ Hazrat Abrahamas was commanded by Allah to migrated from Ur (Mesopotamia) to Canaan and was joined in this journey by Hazrat Lotas. (Holy Qur‟an 21:72; 29:27) ✦ Hazrat Lotas later settled near the Dead Sea in the town of Sodom. In Canaan 5 cities are linked and referred as the Cities of the Plain, these were Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Belar/ Zoar.
People of the Time - 4000 years ago: ✦ The Cities of the Plain were en route to the major trading route between Syria and Arabia and hence many idols were left behind as reminders of their acts of idol worship. But idol-worship was not the only crime associated with the Cities of the Plain!
The sinful people of Sodom: ✦ 3 vices of the Sodomites have been mentioned in the Holy Qur‟an 29:30: Unnatural vice of homosexuality; Highway robbery; committing crimes openly and unashamedly in their assemblies. ✦ The retort to the practice of homosexuality is expressed by Hazrat Lotas as: “Do you, of all peoples, approach males, and leave your wives whom your Lord has created for you? Nay, you are a people who transgress.” (Holy Qur‟an 26:166-167) ✦ Note the other two vices were common in other cities over the history, however no other city was punished the way the people of Lotas were! This clearly indicates that the vice they were punished for was their immoral behaviour.
Hazrat Lot’sas warning to the people: ✦ Hazrat Lotas was sent as a warner to the Sodomites to reform themselves, rectify and follow the Prophet. ✦ Their immoral behaviour was described by Hazrat Lotas as “an abomination which none among mankind has ever committed before you.” (Holy Quran 27:55-56) Furthermore Hazrat
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