Destruction of the people of Lut
هلاك قوم لوط
Judgment · Event
The overturning and stoning of the settlements after Lut's warnings were rejected.
Overview
Angelic guests instructed Lut to depart by night; his household was saved except his wife, and the rejecting settlements were overturned.
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Quran references
Al-A'raf 7:84
AboutDirect — Direct textual. The source states this outright.وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.
Hud 11:81
AboutDirect — Direct textual. The source states this outright.قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍۢ
The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
Hud 11:82
AboutDirect — Direct textual. The source states this outright.فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ
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]
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People
Lut
لوطinvolved
Lot — the prophet who warned his people and was rescued before their towns were overturned.
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People of Lut
قوم لوطinvolved
The people warned by Lut before their settlements were overturned.
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Destruction of the people of LutinvolvedPeople of LutDirect — Direct textual. The source states this outright.2 src
Evidence
- Quran Hud 11:82Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ
“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]”
Open ayah 11:82 → - Quran Al-A'raf 7:84Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
“And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.”
Open ayah 7:84 →
Destruction of the people of LutinvolvedLutDirect — Direct textual. The source states this outright.1 src
Lut is part of the event through the angelic warning and rescue.
Evidence
- Quran Hud 11:81Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.
قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍۢ
“The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"”
Open ayah 11:81 →