Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:160: The people of Lut denied the messengers.

The people of Lut denied the messengers.

A new nation in Ibrahim's lifetime

Who they were

Lutnephew of Ibrahim

sent to

Saduma mighty nation

who

deniedthe messengers

What they rejected

worship Allah alone

obey the messenger

leave a new sinunknown before them

Lut, the nephew of Ibrahim, was sent to a mighty nation in Sadum (Sodom) during Ibrahim's lifetime. He called them to worship Allah alone and obey the messenger. He also forbade a sin they had invented that was unknown before their time.

Every person has a sin that has become normal for them. It does not feel like rebellion anymore; it feels like just how things are. The story starts by asking you to see your own.

Denial is something other people do.

Any part of me that refuses the call is denying the same messengers.

Try this

Quietly name one wrong you have stopped calling wrong. Ask Allah to help you see it clearly.

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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: