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1696 - لُوطٌ عليه السلام‏

1696. LOT (AS) [Lut]

(وَلُوطاً إِذْ قالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُمْ بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ) .1

"And Lot, when he said to his people, 'What! Do you commit an outrage none in the world ever committed before you?!" 2

(اُنظر) هود : 77 - 83 والحِجر : 51 - 77 والأنبياء : 74 ، 75 والشعراء : 160 - 175 والنمل : 54 - 58 والعنكبوت : 28 - 35 والصافّات : 133 - 138 والذاريات : 24 - 37 والقمر : 33 - 40 والتحريم : 10 .

(See also: Qur'an 11:77-83, 15:51-77, 21:74-75, 26:160-175, 27:54-58, 29:28-35, 37:133-138, 51:24-37, 54:33-40, 66:10)

5962.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : وأمّا القَريَةُ الّتي اُمطِرَت مَطرَ السَّوءِ فهِيَ سَدُومُ قَريَةُ قَومِ لُوطٍ ، أمطَرَ اللَّهُ علَيهِم حِجارَةً مِن سِجِّيلٍ، يقولُ: مِن طِينٍ .3

5962.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'As for the village that was rained upon with rain of punishment, it was the village of Sodom, the village of the people of Lot. Allah rained rocks of baked earth upon them, meaning clay.' 4

5963.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ما بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبيّاً بعدَ لُوطٍ إلّا في عِزٍّ مِن قَومِهِ .5

5963.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah did not send a prophet after Lot without having dignity among his people.' 67

إشارة إلى قِصّةِ لوطٍ عليه السلام وقَومِهِ‏

Details of the Story of Lot and his People

«كان لوط عليه السلام من كلدان في أرض بابل ومن السابقين الأوّلين ممّن آمن بإبراهيم عليه السلام، آمن به وقال : (إنّي مُهاجِرٌ إلى‏ ربِّي)8، فنجّاه اللَّه مع إبراهيم إلَى الأرض المقدّسة أرضِ فلسطين (الأنبياء : 71) فنزل في بعض بلادها وهي مدينة سَدوم على‏ ما في التواريخ والتوراة وبعض الروايات .
وكان أهل المدينة وما والاها من المدائن - وقد سمّاها اللَّه في كلامه ب «المُؤتَفِكات»(التوبة : 70) - يعبدون الأصنام ، ويأتون بالفاحشة : اللواط ، وهم أوّل قوم شاع فيهم ذلك (الأعراف : 80) حتّى كانوا يأتون به في نواديهم من غير إنكار ، ولم يَزَل تشيع الفاحشة فيهم حتّى‏ عادت سُنّة قوميّة ابتلت به عامّتهم ، وتركوا النساء وقطعوا السبيل (العنكبوت : 29).
فأرسل اللَّه لوطاً إليهم (الشعراء : 162) فدعاهم إلى‏ تقوَى اللَّه وترك الفحشاء والرجوع إلى‏ طريق الفطرة، وأنذرهم وخوّفهم ، فلم يَزِدهم إلّا عُتوّاً ، ولم يكن جوابهم إلّا أن قالوا : ائتِنا بعذاب اللَّه إن كنت من الصادقين ! وهدّدوه بالإخراج من بلدتهم ، وقالوا له : (لَئن لَم تَنْتَهِ يا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُخْرَجينَ)9 و (قالوا أخْرِجوا آلَ لُوطٍ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُم إنّهُمْ اُناسٌ يَتَطَهَّرونَ) .10
حتَّى استقرّ بهم الطغيان وحقّت عليهم كلمة العذاب ، فبعث اللَّه رسلاً من الملائكة المكرّمين لإهلاكهم ...
فمضَوا إلى لوط في صُوَرِ غِلمان مُرد ودخلوا عليه ضيفاً ، فشقّ ذلك على‏ لوط وضاق بهم ذرعاً؛ لِما كان يعلم من قومه أ نّهم سيتعرّضون لهم وأ نّهم غير تاركيهم البتّة ، فلم يلبث دون أن سمع القوم بذلك وأقبلوا يُهرَعون إليه وهم يستبشرون ، وهجموا على‏ داره ، فخرج إليهم وبالغ في‏وعظهم واستثارة فُتوّتهم ورشدهم حتّى‏ عرض عليهم بناته ، وقال : يا قوم ، إنّ هؤلاء بناتي هنّ أطهر لكم، فاتّقوا اللَّه ولا تخزوني في ضيفي . ثمّ استغاث وقال : أليس منكم رجل رشيد ؟ ! فردّوا عليه أ نّه ليس لهم في بناته إربة ، وأ نّهم غير تاركي أضيافه البتّة ، حتّى‏ أيس لوط و قال : (لَوْ أنّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أو آوِي إلى‏ رُكْنٍ شَديدٍ) .11
قالت الملائكة عند ذلك : يا لوط إنّا رسل ربّك ، طِب نفساً إنّ القوم لن يصلوا إليك . فطمسوا أعين القوم فعادوا عمياناً يتخبّطون وتفرّقوا (القمر : 37) .
فأخذت الصيحةُ القوم مُشرِقين ، وأرسل اللَّه عليهم حجارة من طين مُسوَّمة عند ربّك للمسرفين ، وقلبَ مدائنهم عليهم فجعل عاليَها سافلَها ، وأخرج من كان فيها من المؤمنين فلم يجد فيها غير بيت من المسلمين وهو بيت لوط ، وترك فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم (الذاريات : 37 وغيرها) .12

Lot (AS) was from Kildan, from the land of Babylon. He was from among the first and foremost of those to believe in Abraham (AS), and he said, "Indeed I am migrating toward my Lord" 13 Allah rescued him with Abraham to the sacred land, the land of Palestine (Quran 21:71). Lot resided in one of its cities, which was the city of Sodom as is mentioned in history, the Torah and other narrations.
The people of this city and the other cities surrounding it - as Allah named them 'the towns that were overturned' (Quran 9:70) - worshipped idols and committed obscenities, suh as sodomy, and they were the first people to practice this among themselves (Quran 7: 80). They committed this act in their gatherings without denouncing. This outrageous sin continued to spread until it became a national custom that the general public were practicing. They neglected women and cut off procreation (Quran 29:29).
So Allah sent Lot (AS) to them (Quran 26:162) and he called them to have fear in Allah and to relinquish their obscene actions, and to return to the path of nature. He warned them and scared them, but it only increased their rebellion, and their answer was nothing but, 'Bring us the punishment of Allah if you are of the truthful!' They threatened him with expulsion from their city and said to him, "...if you do not relinquish you will surely be banished" 14 and "They said, 'expel Lot's family from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot." 15
...until rebellion was firmly established in them and they became deserving of the word of punishment, Allah sent to them messengers from among the eminent angels to destroy them. They came to Lot in the form of youths visiting him as guests. This became hard for Lot and a predicament for their sake, because of what he knew about his people and what they would do to them and that they would certainly not leave them. It was not long before the people heard about them and rushed towards him, charging at his house. He went out to them and excessively advised them and reminded them of their youthfulness and maturity, and he even offered them [to marry] his own daughters, saying: 'O my people, these are my daughters: they are purer for you. Be wary of Allah and do not humiliate me with regard to my guests.' He then asked for assistance saying, 'Is there not a single right-minded man among you?' They replied by saying that they had no need for his daughters and would certainly not leave his guests, until Lot lost hope and said, "If only I had the power to deter you, or could take refuge in a mighty support!" 16
The angels then said, 'O Lot, we are messengers from your Lord, do not worry, the people will not reach you.' They then blinded the eyes of the people and they dispersed them making them insanse and they departed (Quran 54:37). The Cry then took them over at dawn, and Allah sent down upon them stones of clay, marked by your Lord for the profligate. He upturned their cities on top of them and turned them upside down, and He picked out those therein who were faithful, but did not find other than one house of muslims, which was the house of Lot, and He left therein a sign for those who fear a painful punishment (Quran 51:37, and other verses). 17

1.الأعراف : ۸۰ .

2.Quran ۷:۸۰

3.بحار الأنوار : ۱۲ / ۱۵۲ / ۵ .

4.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۱۲, p. ۱۵۳, no. ۵

5.بحار الأنوار : ۱۲ / ۱۵۷ / ۸ .

6.It is narrated in Kanz al-Ummal, no. ۳۲۳۶۱ from Abu Hurayra: 'Allah did not send a prophet after him without being rich among his people. But the correct version is what has been mentioned in the text.

7.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۱۲, p. ۱۵۷, no. ۸

8.العنكبوت : ۲۶ .

9.الشعراء : ۱۶۷ .

10.النمل : ۵۶ .

11.هود : ۸۰ .

12.تفسير الميزان : ۱۰ / ۳۵۲ .

13.Quran ۲۹: ۲۶

14.Quran ۲۶: ۱۶۷

15.Quran ۲۷: ۵۶

16.Quran ۱۱: ۸۰

17.Tafsir al-Mizan, v. ۱۰, p. ۳۵۲

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