Collection: The People of LūT

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦

Their ruins still lie along a known route.

The narrative of the City of LūT (Sodom and Gomorrah) through various Qur’ānic verses:

[Qur’ān 15:57 to Qur’ān 15:77]

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٥٧

He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O  messenger-angels?”

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٥٨

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people.

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٥٩

As for the family of LūT, we will certainly deliver them all,

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ٦٠

except his wife. We have determined that she will be one of the doomed.”

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٦١

So when the messenger-angels came to the family of LūT,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢

he said, “You must be strangers!”

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ٦٣

They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted.

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ٦٤

We come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٥

So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌۭ مُّصْبِحِينَ ٦٦

We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ٦٧

And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ ٦٨

Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ٦٩

Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٧٠

They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”

قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ٧١

He said, “O my people! Here are my daughters ˹so marry them˺ if you wish to do so.”

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ٧٢

By your life ˹O Prophet˺, they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ٧٣

So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤

And We turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ٧٥

Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦

Their ruins still lie along a known route.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٧٧

Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.

The ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah are located near the southeastern region of the Dead Sea, in modern-day Jordan.