People of Lut: Nation of the Quran in Islamic History

Nation of the Quran

Nation of the Quran

People of Lutقوم لوط

The Quran gives no dateThe Quran gives no dateDead Sea region

Lut, the nephew of Ibrahim, lived among a people who openly practised a shameless act no nation had done before (7:80) and robbed travellers on the road (29:29). When angels came to Lut as guests, the men rushed to seize them. Only Lut's family left by night, and his wife stayed behind.

What does the Quran say?

So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]
Quran 11:82

7:80-84 11:77-83 15:58-77 26:160-175 27:54-58 29:28-35 51:31-37 54:33-39

How did they end?

Allah turned their towns upside down and rained on them stones of layered hard clay (11:82).

What do historians say?

Sodom is usually sought near the Dead Sea; candidates include Bab edh-Dhra and Tall el-Hammam in Jordan. A 2021 study proposed that an airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam around 1650 BCE, but the claim is strongly disputed.

The lesson

A society that makes open shamelessness its custom invites the fate of those before it.

Who else is linked?

Lut Ibrahim Sodom and the Dead Sea

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

People of Lut