Editing Lot in Islam (section)

{{short description|One of the prophets in Islam}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = {{smaller|[[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Prophet]]}}
| name            = Lūṭ
| native_name               = {{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|لوط}}}}<br>[[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]]
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = 
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = [[Bani Na'im]]
| resting_place      = 
| predecessor        = [[Abraham in Islam|Ibrahim]]
| successor          = [[Ishmael in Islam|Ismail]]
| children           = [[Lot's daughters]]
| parents            = [[Haran]]
| relatives          = [[Abraham in Islam|Ibrāhīm]] (uncle)<br>[[Ishmael in Islam|Ismā’īl]] (cousin)<br>[[Isaac in Islam|Ishāq]] (cousin) 
}}

{{Islamic prophets|Prophets in the Quran}}
'''Lut''' ({{langx|ar|لوط|Lūṭ}}, {{IPA|ar|luːtˁ|}}) is a [[Prophets in Islam|prophet and messenger]] of [[God in Islam|God]] who was mentioned in the [[Quran|Qur'an]].<ref>{{qref|26|161|b=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Wheeler |first= Brannon M. |title= Prophets in the Quran: an introduction to the Quran and Muslim exegesis |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qIDZIep-GIQC&pg=PA8 |series= Comparative Islamic studies |publisher= Continuum International Publishing Group |year= 2002 |isbn= 978-0-8264-4957-3 |page= 8 }}</ref> According to Islamic tradition, Lut was born to [[Haran]] and spent his younger years in [[Ur of the Chaldees|Ur]], later migrating to [[Canaan]] with his uncle [[Abraham in Islam|Abraham]].<ref name="referenceC">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Noegel |first1=Scott B. |last2=Wheeler |first2=Brannon M. |title=Lot |encyclopedia=The A to Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lo9jAavEHdIC&q=Lot+stones+clay&pg=PA118 |access-date=26 June 2013 |year=2010 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated |isbn=978-0810876033 |pages=118–126 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426204352/https://books.google.com/books?id=Lo9jAavEHdIC&pg=PA118#v=onepage&q=Lot%20stones%20clay&f=false |archive-date=26 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was sent to the cities of [[Sodom and Gomorrah]] as a prophet,<ref>Hasan, Masudul. ''History of Islam''.</ref> and was commanded to preach to their inhabitants on [[Tawhid|monotheism]].

Though Lut was not born among the people he'd been sent to preach to, the people of Sodom are still regarded as his "brethren" ({{Langx|ar|إِخْوَٰن|translit=ikhwān}}) in the Qur'an.<ref>{{qref|50|13|b=y}}</ref> Like the [[Biblical and Quranic narratives|Biblical narrative]], the Qur'an states that Lut's messages were ignored by the inhabitants of the cities, and Sodom and Gomorrah were subsequently [[Sodom and Gomorrah#The Judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah|destroyed]]. The destruction of the cities is traditionally presented as a warning against [[homosexuality in Islam]] as well as other things.

While the Qur'an does not elaborate upon Lut's later life, Islam holds that all prophets were examples of [[Morality in Islam|moral]] and spiritual '[[Righteousness#Islam|righteousness]]'.{{Clarify|reason=What does this have to do with his later life?|date=January 2023}}