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==Qur'anic narrative== The Qur'an states that one day, a group of [[Islamic view of angels|angels]] visited Abraham as guests in the guise of men<ref>{{qref|15|51|b=y}}</ref> in order to inform him of the fact that his wife [[Sarah]] was pregnant with [[Isaac in Islam|Isaac]]. While there, they also told him that they had been sent by God to the "guilty people"<ref>{{qref|15|58|b=y}}: "They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people."</ref> of Lut<ref>{{qref|11|70|b=y}}: And when he saw that their hands did not reach for the food, he became suspicious and fearful of them. They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! We are ˹angels˺ sent ˹only˺ against the people of Lot.”</ref> to destroy them<ref>{{qref|29|31|b=y}}: When Our messenger-angels came to Abraham with the good news ˹of the birth of Isaac˺, they said, “We are going to destroy the people of this city ˹of Sodom˺, for its people have persisted in wrongdoing.”</ref> with "a shower of stones of clay".<ref>{{qref|51|33|b=y}}: "to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,"</ref> Lut and those who believed in him, were to be spared, but his wife was to die in the destruction, with the angels stating that "she is of those who lag behind".<ref>{{qref|29|32|b=y}}: He said, “But Lot is there!” They responded, “We know best who is there. We will certainly save him and his family—except his wife, who is one of the doomed.”</ref><ref>{{qref|15|59-60|b=y}}</ref> The Qur'an also draws upon [[Lot's wife#Islamic view|Lot's wife]] as an "example for the [[Kafir|unbelievers]]" as she was [[Marriage in Islam|married]] to a righteous man but refused to believe in his message and was thus [[Divine judgment|condemned]] to [[Jahannam|Hell]].<ref name="referenceC"/><ref>{{qref|66|10|b=y}}</ref> The people of the twin cities transgressed against the [[Divine law|bounds of God]]. According to the Qur'an, their sins included inhospitality and robbery <ref name="qref|29|29|b=y">{{qref|29|29|b=y}}</ref> they hated strangers and robbed travellers, apart from other abuses and rape. It was their [[Islamic views on sin|sin]] of [[sexual misconduct]] as well which was seen as particularly egregious, with Lut strongly chiding them for approaching men with sexual desire instead of women.<ref>{{qref|7|80-82|b=y}}</ref><ref name="qref|26|165-166">{{qref|26|165-166|b=y}}</ref> Lut told and tried to help them to abandon their sinful ways, but they ridiculed him<ref name="qref|29|29|b=y"/> and threatened to evict him from the cities.<ref>{{qref|7|82|b=y}}</ref> Lut prayed to God and begged to be saved from the consequences of their sinful acts.<ref name="referenceC" /><ref>{{qref|26|169|b=y}}</ref> Then three angels, disguised as handsome men, came to Lut as guests. He grieved the men, as he felt powerlessness to protect them from the people of the cities.<ref>{{qref|11|77|b=y}}</ref> The cities' residents becoming aware of the visitors demanded that Lot surrender his guests to them.<ref>{{qref|54|37|b=y}}</ref> Distressed and fearful that they would incur the wrath of God, suggested rather lawful marriage to his daughters<ref>{{qref|11|78|b=y}}</ref> as pious and purer alternatives to their unlawful wishes, and perhaps as a source of guidance.<ref>{{qref|15|71|b=y}}</ref> But they were unrelenting and replied "You certainly know that we have no need for your daughters. You already know what we desire!",<ref>{{qref|11|79|b=y}}</ref> referring to his male guests. The exegetes [[Ibn Kathir]], [[Al-Qurtubi]] and [[Al-Tabari]] do not read 'daughters' to mean Lot's literal daughters. They argue that since a prophet is like a father to his nation, Lot was directing the evildoers to turn away from their sins and engage in healthy and pious relationships with the daughters of the nation, i.e. women in general.<ref>{{Qtaf|en:ibk|11|77}}</ref> The angels then revealed their true identities to Lot and said to him, “Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind".<ref name="referenceC" /> They advised Lot to leave the cities during the night, telling him not to look back.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4R_AgAAQBAJ|title=The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia|last=Leaman|first=Oliver|date=2 May 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134339747|pages=380|language=en|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024732/https://books.google.ca/books?id=C4R_AgAAQBAJ|archive-date=6 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Keeping his faith in God, Lot left the cities in the darkness of night, bringing with him his followers and believing family members. Finally, morning came, and the Decree of God passed whereupon the Qur'an reads, “When Our command came, We turned the cities upside down and rained down on them clustered stones of baked clay,"<ref>{{qref|11|82|b=y}}</ref> And thus was sealed the fate of the twin cities, falling into destruction and despair and marking the end of the civilizations of Sodom and Gomorrah.<ref name="referenceC" />
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