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Ash-Shu'ara 26:161

Ayah 161 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara, The Poets.

Surah 26, The PoetsAyah 161 of 227MakkahJuz 19Page 374
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Ayah 161 of 227

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١

Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Lootun alaa tattaqoon

Translation

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

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Tafsir of this AyahIbn Kathir

The people of Lut denied the Messengers (160)When their brother Lut said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa? (161)"Verily, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you. (162)"So, have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. (163)"No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of all that exits. (164)

Lut and His Call

Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him. He was Lut bin Haran bin Azar, the nephew of Ibrahim Al-Khalil, upon him be peace. Allah sent him to a mighty nation during the lifetime of Ibrahim, peace be upon them both. They lived in Sadum (Sodom) and its environs, where Allah destroyed them and turned the area into a putrid, stinking lake, which is well-known in the land of Al-Ghur [the Jordan Valley], bordering the mountains of Jerusalem, between the mountains and the land of Al-Karak and Ash-Shawbak. He called them to Allah, to worship Him alone with no partner or associate, and to obey the Messenger whom Allah sent to them. He forbade from disobeying Allah and committing the sin that they had invented which was unknown on earth before their time; intercourse with males instead of with females. Allah said:

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