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26:161

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Ith qala lahum akhoohum lootun ala tattaqoona

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

Word by word
  1. إِذۡWhen
  2. قَالَsaid
  3. لَهُمۡto them
  4. أَخُوهُمۡtheir brother
  5. لُوطٌLut
  6. أَلَاWill not
  7. تَتَّقُونَyou fear (Allah)
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:161Makkah

Lut asked as a brother: will you not be mindful?

He lived among them and called them family

How Lut began
Luttheir brother
asks
will you nothave taqwa?
How he saw them
enemiesoutsiders to condemn
his peoplebrothers to call back

Lut came from Ibrahim's family, yet the Quran calls him their brother. He lived among them and opened, like Nuh, Hud and Salih, with will you not have taqwa?

Your cousin is doing something you know is wrong. It is easy to talk about him behind his back in the family chat. It is harder, and better, to talk to him as a brother.

When people do wrong, I distance myself and judge.

The messengers called people back as brothers, not from a distance.

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Pray by name for one person whose choices worry you.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 26:160)

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: