Post by Caliph on Dec 27, 2014 19:29:04 GMT
He was a nephew of Prophet Ibrahim and a believer in him. When Ibrahim left Harran, Lut was with him. While Ibrahim traveled to far flung areas planting the seeds of Tawheed, Lut, commissioned by Allah as a Prophet, was sent to the upper Palestinian territory, to a people living on the southern shores of the Dead Sea. It appears that he was somehow related to the people there because the Qur’an refers to them as “the brothers of Lut.”
The Qur’an did not detail his activities among his people perhaps because activities related to his mission were not extensive, his call being rejected right from the start by an arrogant, perverted people, who had lost every sense of decency and had sunk in morals as low as the Dead Sea. They were ‘gay’ and pretty open about it. According to some reports they kidnapped weakly connected pers-by and raped them. There must have been other corruptions in the society, but denial of God and His Prophet, and indulgence in obscenities were enough of crimes for obliteration.
Rejecting Prophets seem to have been their casual habit, Lut was not new, but he was the last among them:
“The people of Lut rejected the Messengers, when their brother Lut said to them, ‘Will you not fear? Verily, I am to you a trustworthy Messenger. Therefore, fear Allah and follow me. I do not ask you any wages for it. My wage falls only upon the Lord of the worlds. Do you approach males of the world, and abandon what your Lord created of your mates? Nay, you are a people transgressing (all limits).’ They said, ‘If you desist not O Lut, you shall be of those driven out.’ He said, ‘I am indeed a detester of your deed. My Lord, deliver me and my family from the things they do.’ So we delivered him and his family all together. Save for an old woman – among those who lingered”. (26: 160-171)
While Lut’s activities to save the people were continuing, preparations for their obliteration were taking place on another front:
“Surely, Our envoys went to Ibrahim with the good news. They said, ‘Peace.’ He answered, ‘Peace.’ He did not tarry long before he brought in a roasted calf. But when he saw their hands not reaching to it, he felt some mistrust of them and felt some apprehension. They said, ‘Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lut.’ His woman was standing by. She smiled. So We gave her the good tidings of Is-haq and after Is-haq, Ya`qub. She said, ‘Woe unto me. Will I bear a child, seeing that I am an old (woman) and this, my husband, is (also) of an advanced age?! This, indeed, is something amazing.’ They said, ‘Are you amazed at your Lord’s ways? (When) Allah’s mercy and grace is upon you (O) people of the House. Surely, He is worthy of all praise and full of glory.’” “When the awe had left Ibrahim and good tidings came to him, (he began to) dispute with Us concerning the people of Lut. Surely, Ibrahim was slow to anger, given to pleading and oft returning. (We said), ‘O Ibrahim, leave this alone. Your Lord’s command has already come. Surely, a punishment is coming upon them that cannot be averted.” (Hud 69-76)
he next halt of the angels’ journey was with Lut. By the time they had taken seats in Lut’s house, the pimps had already advised the chiefs of the town about a group of stunningly attractive guests at Lut’s place. (The Qur'an implicated his wife in ping the information of the arrival of the guests of unmatched beauty to the chiefs of the town).
However they got the news, the civilized rogues hurried down, not to miss being the firsts of the town to cajole, coax, lure, and, if nothing works, kidnap the hapless guests of Lut. Lut, as a father that a Prophet is to his people, was deeply anguished. Hadn’t they so many pretty damsels, spread all over the town – his symbolical daughters - waiting to get married? Why, to escape the ordeal, he was even ready to marry off his daughters to them. But they were interested neither in his daughters nor those of their own women whom Lut considered his daughters, on whose account he had always felt distressed and had reminded them of their responsibility towards them. Wasn’t it a social crisis of the highest order they were already facing? But they were ready to use force if Lut remained adamant. In that, even he would face the consequences. But the angels re-ured him: they will not be able to get at him. He asked the rogues a stinging question: Is there not a single descent man among you? Alas, there seems to be none, a fact that had occasioned the visit by the angels:
When Our Messengers came to Lut, he was anguished on their account, felt distressed, and said (to himself), ‘This is a (woefully) difficult day.’ His people came to him rushing towards him. And from earlier times they had been committing vices. He pleaded, ‘My people! These are my daughters. They are purer for you. Fear Allah and do not humiliate me over my guests. Is not there a single decent man among you?’ They said, ‘O Lut. You know that we have no right to your daughters. And surely, you know what we are looking for.’ He said, ‘Would that I had a power against you or take refuge in a strong corner.’” “They (the angels) broke in, ‘O Lut! We are messengers of your Lord. They will never get at you. Move out with your family during a (late) portion of the night and let not any of you look back; except for your wife, (she may not be taken along), for, that will strike her which will strike them. Early morning is their appointed hour. Is not morning close?’” “So, when Our command came, we made its uppermost the bottom most, and rained stones of baked clay upon it, layer upon layer; marked by your Lord. And it is not very far from the (Makkan) transgressors.”(Hud: 77: 83)
That is how ended the people: under a heap of stones perhaps from the Asteroid Belt, a graveyard spread over miles and miles, which did not need gravediggers. In another place:
“At length when the envoys came to Lut’s folk, He said, ‘Behold! You are a folk unknown (here).’ They said, ‘Rather, we have brought you what they have been doubting. We have brought you the truth. And indeed we speak truly. Therefore, set forth with your homefolk during a portion of the night, yourself following them in the rear. And let none of you turn around; keep going to where you are commanded.’ And We decreed to him the affair that the roots of these people will be severed by the morning.” “And the city-men came rejoicing. He exclaimed, ‘These are my guests. So put me not to shame. Fear Allah, and disgrace me not.’ They said, ‘Have we not forbidden you about all and sundry?’ He said, ‘Here, these are my daughters, if you will be doing.’ By your life (O Prophet), verily, in their drunkenness they were stumbling blindly. So a cry seized them by the sunrise. And we turned its uppermost bottommost and rained on them stones of baked clay. Surely, in that are signs for those who mark. And it is right on the high-road. Surely, in that is a sign for those who believe.” (Al-Hijr:61-77)
But what about the elitists, the civilized top bres, who dared to visit Lut with a nefarious purpose? Did they not deserve a special treatment? Yes, they did, and tradition has it that Jibril appeared just when they were about to break Lut’s door, and with a single stroke of his wing, rendered the dogs blind. They remained banging their heads against walls in the lanes, stumbling over pot-holes, cursing the day they were born, cursing Lut and his folks, until the morning, when heavenly stones began to strike. When the stones struck their mindless heads, they must have umed – being blind – that it was Lut and his folks who were stoning them. Who else in the town could dare do that? What a fitting punishment for the feeling of humiliation they had heaped upon Lut earlier?
“Lut’s folks denied the warnings. We sent against them a storm of stones – except for Lut’s household; We delivered them by the morning. A favor from Us. That is how We reward him who gives thanks. He had already warned them of Our ault. But they disputed the warnings. They even sought his guests from him. So We blinded their eyes. Taste then, My chastisement and My warnings.”(54:33,37)
The Qur’an did not detail his activities among his people perhaps because activities related to his mission were not extensive, his call being rejected right from the start by an arrogant, perverted people, who had lost every sense of decency and had sunk in morals as low as the Dead Sea. They were ‘gay’ and pretty open about it. According to some reports they kidnapped weakly connected pers-by and raped them. There must have been other corruptions in the society, but denial of God and His Prophet, and indulgence in obscenities were enough of crimes for obliteration.
Rejecting Prophets seem to have been their casual habit, Lut was not new, but he was the last among them:
“The people of Lut rejected the Messengers, when their brother Lut said to them, ‘Will you not fear? Verily, I am to you a trustworthy Messenger. Therefore, fear Allah and follow me. I do not ask you any wages for it. My wage falls only upon the Lord of the worlds. Do you approach males of the world, and abandon what your Lord created of your mates? Nay, you are a people transgressing (all limits).’ They said, ‘If you desist not O Lut, you shall be of those driven out.’ He said, ‘I am indeed a detester of your deed. My Lord, deliver me and my family from the things they do.’ So we delivered him and his family all together. Save for an old woman – among those who lingered”. (26: 160-171)
While Lut’s activities to save the people were continuing, preparations for their obliteration were taking place on another front:
“Surely, Our envoys went to Ibrahim with the good news. They said, ‘Peace.’ He answered, ‘Peace.’ He did not tarry long before he brought in a roasted calf. But when he saw their hands not reaching to it, he felt some mistrust of them and felt some apprehension. They said, ‘Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lut.’ His woman was standing by. She smiled. So We gave her the good tidings of Is-haq and after Is-haq, Ya`qub. She said, ‘Woe unto me. Will I bear a child, seeing that I am an old (woman) and this, my husband, is (also) of an advanced age?! This, indeed, is something amazing.’ They said, ‘Are you amazed at your Lord’s ways? (When) Allah’s mercy and grace is upon you (O) people of the House. Surely, He is worthy of all praise and full of glory.’” “When the awe had left Ibrahim and good tidings came to him, (he began to) dispute with Us concerning the people of Lut. Surely, Ibrahim was slow to anger, given to pleading and oft returning. (We said), ‘O Ibrahim, leave this alone. Your Lord’s command has already come. Surely, a punishment is coming upon them that cannot be averted.” (Hud 69-76)
he next halt of the angels’ journey was with Lut. By the time they had taken seats in Lut’s house, the pimps had already advised the chiefs of the town about a group of stunningly attractive guests at Lut’s place. (The Qur'an implicated his wife in ping the information of the arrival of the guests of unmatched beauty to the chiefs of the town).
However they got the news, the civilized rogues hurried down, not to miss being the firsts of the town to cajole, coax, lure, and, if nothing works, kidnap the hapless guests of Lut. Lut, as a father that a Prophet is to his people, was deeply anguished. Hadn’t they so many pretty damsels, spread all over the town – his symbolical daughters - waiting to get married? Why, to escape the ordeal, he was even ready to marry off his daughters to them. But they were interested neither in his daughters nor those of their own women whom Lut considered his daughters, on whose account he had always felt distressed and had reminded them of their responsibility towards them. Wasn’t it a social crisis of the highest order they were already facing? But they were ready to use force if Lut remained adamant. In that, even he would face the consequences. But the angels re-ured him: they will not be able to get at him. He asked the rogues a stinging question: Is there not a single descent man among you? Alas, there seems to be none, a fact that had occasioned the visit by the angels:
When Our Messengers came to Lut, he was anguished on their account, felt distressed, and said (to himself), ‘This is a (woefully) difficult day.’ His people came to him rushing towards him. And from earlier times they had been committing vices. He pleaded, ‘My people! These are my daughters. They are purer for you. Fear Allah and do not humiliate me over my guests. Is not there a single decent man among you?’ They said, ‘O Lut. You know that we have no right to your daughters. And surely, you know what we are looking for.’ He said, ‘Would that I had a power against you or take refuge in a strong corner.’” “They (the angels) broke in, ‘O Lut! We are messengers of your Lord. They will never get at you. Move out with your family during a (late) portion of the night and let not any of you look back; except for your wife, (she may not be taken along), for, that will strike her which will strike them. Early morning is their appointed hour. Is not morning close?’” “So, when Our command came, we made its uppermost the bottom most, and rained stones of baked clay upon it, layer upon layer; marked by your Lord. And it is not very far from the (Makkan) transgressors.”(Hud: 77: 83)
That is how ended the people: under a heap of stones perhaps from the Asteroid Belt, a graveyard spread over miles and miles, which did not need gravediggers. In another place:
“At length when the envoys came to Lut’s folk, He said, ‘Behold! You are a folk unknown (here).’ They said, ‘Rather, we have brought you what they have been doubting. We have brought you the truth. And indeed we speak truly. Therefore, set forth with your homefolk during a portion of the night, yourself following them in the rear. And let none of you turn around; keep going to where you are commanded.’ And We decreed to him the affair that the roots of these people will be severed by the morning.” “And the city-men came rejoicing. He exclaimed, ‘These are my guests. So put me not to shame. Fear Allah, and disgrace me not.’ They said, ‘Have we not forbidden you about all and sundry?’ He said, ‘Here, these are my daughters, if you will be doing.’ By your life (O Prophet), verily, in their drunkenness they were stumbling blindly. So a cry seized them by the sunrise. And we turned its uppermost bottommost and rained on them stones of baked clay. Surely, in that are signs for those who mark. And it is right on the high-road. Surely, in that is a sign for those who believe.” (Al-Hijr:61-77)
But what about the elitists, the civilized top bres, who dared to visit Lut with a nefarious purpose? Did they not deserve a special treatment? Yes, they did, and tradition has it that Jibril appeared just when they were about to break Lut’s door, and with a single stroke of his wing, rendered the dogs blind. They remained banging their heads against walls in the lanes, stumbling over pot-holes, cursing the day they were born, cursing Lut and his folks, until the morning, when heavenly stones began to strike. When the stones struck their mindless heads, they must have umed – being blind – that it was Lut and his folks who were stoning them. Who else in the town could dare do that? What a fitting punishment for the feeling of humiliation they had heaped upon Lut earlier?
“Lut’s folks denied the warnings. We sent against them a storm of stones – except for Lut’s household; We delivered them by the morning. A favor from Us. That is how We reward him who gives thanks. He had already warned them of Our ault. But they disputed the warnings. They even sought his guests from him. So We blinded their eyes. Taste then, My chastisement and My warnings.”(54:33,37)
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