Description of the People of Sodom
Prophet Abraham (PBUH) left Egypt accompanied by his nephew Lut (PBUH), who then went to the city of Sodom (Sadum), which 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.
Lot’s Message
It was at the height of these crimes and sins that Allah revealed to Prophet Lut (PBUH) 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 Lot’s preaching. Swamped in their unnatural desires, they refused to listen, even when Lot warned them of Allah’s punishment. Instead, they threatened to drive him out of the city if he kept on preaching.
Allah the Almighty revealed: The people of Lot (those dwelt in the towns of Sodom in Palestine)
belied the Messengers when their brother Lot said to them: “Will you not fear Allah and obey
Him? Verily! I am a trustworthy Messenger to you. SO fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and
obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it (my Message of Islamic Monotheism) my reward is
only from the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists). Go you in unto the males of
the Alamin (mankind), and leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your wives? Nay,
you are a trespassing people!” They said: “If you cease not, O Lot! Verily, you will be one of
those who are driven out!”
HE said: “I am indeed, of those who disapprove with severe anger and fury your (this evil)
action (of sodomy). My Lord! Save me and my family from what they do.”
SO We saved him and his family, all except an old woman (this wife) among those who
remained behind. (Ch 26:160-171 Quran)
Lot’s Wife
The doings of Lot’s people saddened his heart. Their unwholesome reputation spread throughout the land, while he struggled against them. As the years passed, he persisted in his mission but to no avail.
No one responded to his call and believed except for the members of his family, and even
in his household, not all the members believed. Lot’s wife, like Noah’s wife, a disbeliever.
Allah the Almighty declared:
“Allah set forth an example for those who disbelieve, the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous slaves, but they both betrayed their (husbands, by rejecting their doctrines) so they (Noah & Lut) benefited them (their respective wives) not, against Allah, and it was said: “Enter the Fire along with those who enter!” (Ch 66:10 Quran)