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Lot

A Messenger Sent to His People · Lut · لوط
Islam

Lut, peace be upon him, was a messenger who believed Abraham’s message, and the Quran names him in 27 verses. He called his people away from their wrongdoing, was saved with his family, and Allah says he was among the messengers. The Quran is the final revelation, and it is the measure for what earlier books say of him.

Named in the Quran
1.
Quran 6:86
“And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.”
Lut is among those whom Allah preferred over the worlds.
2.
Quran 7:80
“And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?”
He confronts his people over immorality that no one before them had committed.
3.
Quran 11:77
“And when Our messengers, [the angels], came to Lot, he was anguished for them and felt for them great discomfort and said, ‘This is a trying day.’”
The angels come to him, and he is anguished for them.
4.
Quran 11:81
“The angels said, ‘O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?’”
The angels reveal they are messengers of his Lord, and tell him to leave by night with his family, except his wife.
5.
Quran 21:74
“And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.”
Allah gives him judgement and knowledge, and saves him from the city.
6.
Quran 26:161
“When their brother Lot said to them, ‘Will you not fear Allah?”
Their brother Lot asks them, “Will you not fear Allah?”
7.
Quran 26:167
“They said, ‘If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted.’”
His people threaten to evict him.
8.
Quran 29:26
“And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, ‘Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.’”
Lot believed Abraham, who said he would emigrate to his Lord.
9.
Quran 29:32
“[Abraham] said, ‘Indeed, within it is Lot.’ They said, ‘We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind.’”
Abraham tells the angels Lot is within the city, and they promise to save him and his family.
10.
Quran 37:133
“And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.”
“Indeed, Lot was among the messengers.”
11.
Quran 54:34
“Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn”
A storm of stones falls on them, but the family of Lot is saved before dawn.
12.
Quran 66:10
“Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, ‘Enter the Fire with those who enter.’”
The wife of Lot is given as an example of disbelievers, though she lived under a righteous servant.
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In earlier scripture

The Quran

The final word
Quran 7:81
“Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’”
Quran 7:84
“And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.”
Quran 21:75
“And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.”
Allah admits him into His mercy.

The Bible

Where the Bible tells of him · Genesis, in the King James Version
Genesis 13:12
“Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.”
Genesis 19:1
“And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground…”
Genesis 19:15
“And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
Genesis 19:24
“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven…”

Christians and Jews read these Bible passages differently. This page presents them as the Quran frames them, with the Quran as the final revelation and the measure for what came before.

Preview draft. Quran quotations follow the Sahih International translation and Bible quotations are from the King James Version; all will be checked against sources before publishing.