Quran Universe
26:162

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

Word by word
  1. إِنِّيIndeed,I am
  2. لَكُمۡto you
  3. رَسُولٌa Messenger
  4. أَمِينٞtrustworthy
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:162Makkah

A trustworthy messenger in an untrustworthy town.

Lut's honesty stood out

What he brought
Luta messenger to them
is
trustworthydelivers what he is given
Standing out
blend indo what the town does
stay trustworthyeven when alone

Lut tells them I am a trustworthy messenger to you. He delivered the message as Allah gave it, even though he was one man against a mighty nation. Ibn Kathir notes he was sent to call them to Allah alone.

Everyone at your job cuts the same small corners: padded hours, borrowed supplies, little lies to the client. Staying honest makes you the odd one. That is exactly when it counts.

If everyone around me does it, my honesty does not change anything.

Being trustworthy matters most where it is rare.

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Refuse one small dishonest shortcut today that everyone else takes.

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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: