1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:02,459 Stories of the Prophets, 2 00:00:02,459 --> 00:00:05,580 stories of the Prophets, 3 00:00:05,580 --> 00:00:07,580 peace be upon them. 4 00:00:07,580 --> 00:00:09,619 Allah's blessings, 5 00:00:09,619 --> 00:00:11,619 followed by 6 00:00:11,619 --> 00:00:13,619 peace, 7 00:00:13,619 --> 00:00:15,619 be upon the best of all 8 00:00:15,619 --> 00:00:17,620 creation— 9 00:00:17,620 --> 00:00:20,129 men of resolve, 10 00:00:20,129 --> 00:00:22,129 whose station 11 00:00:22,129 --> 00:00:24,379 is sublime. 12 00:00:24,379 --> 00:00:26,379 The Story of Lot, 13 00:00:26,379 --> 00:00:28,379 peace be upon him. 14 00:00:28,379 --> 00:00:32,460 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 15 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:34,659 All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, 16 00:00:34,659 --> 00:00:36,659 and peace and blessings 17 00:00:36,659 --> 00:00:38,659 be upon our Prophet Muhammad, 18 00:00:38,659 --> 00:00:40,659 and upon all his family and Companions 19 00:00:40,659 --> 00:00:42,659 altogether. 20 00:00:42,659 --> 00:00:44,659 To proceed: 21 00:00:44,659 --> 00:00:46,939 In the region of Jordan, 22 00:00:46,939 --> 00:00:48,939 between the Hijaz and the Levant, 23 00:00:48,939 --> 00:00:50,939 near the Dead Sea, 24 00:00:50,939 --> 00:00:52,939 lay the town of Sodom. 25 00:00:52,939 --> 00:00:54,939 That town 26 00:00:54,939 --> 00:00:57,009 was inhabited by a people 27 00:00:57,009 --> 00:00:59,009 who deviated from normal human nature. 28 00:00:59,009 --> 00:01:01,009 Their natural disposition was inverted, 29 00:01:01,009 --> 00:01:03,009 their natural disposition was perverted, 30 00:01:03,009 --> 00:01:05,010 their creed was corrupted, 31 00:01:05,010 --> 00:01:07,010 and their morals deteriorated. 32 00:01:07,010 --> 00:01:09,010 For they disbelieved 33 00:01:09,010 --> 00:01:11,010 in Allah the Exalted 34 00:01:11,010 --> 00:01:13,010 and associated partners with Him. 35 00:01:13,010 --> 00:01:15,010 In addition to that, 36 00:01:15,010 --> 00:01:17,010 they reached the utmost extreme 37 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:19,010 in moral depravity, 38 00:01:19,010 --> 00:01:21,010 utter shamelessness, 39 00:01:21,010 --> 00:01:23,010 and the pinnacle of folly and ignorance. 40 00:01:23,010 --> 00:01:25,010 They deviated from the sound innate disposition 41 00:01:25,010 --> 00:01:27,010 upon which Allah 42 00:01:27,010 --> 00:01:29,010 created humankind— 43 00:01:29,010 --> 00:01:31,010 the natural inclination of the male toward the female 44 00:01:31,010 --> 00:01:33,010 and vice versa. 45 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:35,010 Thus, their men began 46 00:01:35,010 --> 00:01:37,010 approaching one another sexually, 47 00:01:37,010 --> 00:01:39,010 forsaking what 48 00:01:39,010 --> 00:01:41,010 Allah had created for them in their wives. 49 00:01:41,010 --> 00:01:43,010 May Allah despise them 50 00:01:43,010 --> 00:01:45,010 and despise their actions! 51 00:01:45,969 --> 00:01:47,969 Along with that, 52 00:01:47,969 --> 00:01:49,969 they also used to cut off the way 53 00:01:49,969 --> 00:01:51,969 of travelers, 54 00:01:51,969 --> 00:01:53,969 assaulting them, 55 00:01:53,969 --> 00:01:55,969 killing them, and seizing 56 00:01:55,969 --> 00:01:57,969 their wealth. 57 00:01:57,969 --> 00:01:59,969 Furthermore, they committed in their open gatherings 58 00:01:59,969 --> 00:02:01,969 vile deeds and disgraceful acts. 59 00:02:01,969 --> 00:02:04,060 A number of 60 00:02:04,060 --> 00:02:06,060 exegetes mentioned 61 00:02:06,060 --> 00:02:08,060 that they used to pass gas openly 62 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:10,060 in their assemblies, 63 00:02:10,060 --> 00:02:12,060 feeling no shame at all in doing so, 64 00:02:12,060 --> 00:02:14,129 but rather laughing about it, 65 00:02:14,129 --> 00:02:16,129 in addition to perpetrating 66 00:02:16,129 --> 00:02:18,129 all forms of wickedness in both 67 00:02:18,129 --> 00:02:21,150 words and deeds. 68 00:02:21,150 --> 00:02:23,150 Lot, peace be upon him, 69 00:02:23,150 --> 00:02:25,150 was the nephew of Abraham, 70 00:02:25,150 --> 00:02:27,150 peace be upon him. 71 00:02:27,150 --> 00:02:29,150 He followed the Prophet of Allah 72 00:02:29,150 --> 00:02:31,150 Abraham, peace be upon him, 73 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:33,150 and migrated to the land of 74 00:02:33,150 --> 00:02:35,150 Palestine. 75 00:02:35,150 --> 00:02:37,250 So Allah chose him, singled him out, 76 00:02:37,250 --> 00:02:39,250 honored him, and revealed 77 00:02:39,250 --> 00:02:41,250 revelation to him. Then, 78 00:02:41,250 --> 00:02:43,250 He sent him to the town of Sodom 79 00:02:43,250 --> 00:02:45,250 as a prophet and messenger, 80 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:47,250 to call them to the worship of 81 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,250 Allah alone without any partner, 82 00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:51,250 to renounce polytheism 83 00:02:51,250 --> 00:02:53,250 and the worship of other than Allah, 84 00:02:53,250 --> 00:02:55,250 to straighten their conduct, 85 00:02:55,250 --> 00:02:57,250 and to rectify what had become corrupted in their innate disposition. 86 00:02:57,250 --> 00:03:00,210 He began— 87 00:03:00,210 --> 00:03:02,210 Lot, peace be upon him, began his mission 88 00:03:02,210 --> 00:03:04,210 of calling to Allah 89 00:03:04,210 --> 00:03:06,210 in the town of Sodom 90 00:03:06,210 --> 00:03:08,210 and its neighboring settlements. 91 00:03:08,210 --> 00:03:10,210 He called them to Tawhid, 92 00:03:10,210 --> 00:03:12,210 to renounce polytheism, 93 00:03:12,210 --> 00:03:14,210 and he cautioned and warned them of the punishment 94 00:03:14,210 --> 00:03:16,210 of Allah the Exalted if they 95 00:03:16,210 --> 00:03:18,210 disobeyed His command. 96 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:20,210 He censured them for their foul deed, 97 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:22,210 saying to them, 98 00:03:22,210 --> 00:03:24,210 "Do you lustfully approach men 99 00:03:24,210 --> 00:03:26,210 instead of women?" 100 00:03:26,210 --> 00:03:28,210 “Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly.” (27:55) 101 00:03:28,210 --> 00:03:30,530 They did not respond— 102 00:03:30,530 --> 00:03:32,530 the people of those towns refused the call of 103 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:34,530 their prophet, Lot, peace be upon him. 104 00:03:34,530 --> 00:03:36,530 Instead, they mocked him, 105 00:03:36,530 --> 00:03:38,530 rejected him and his message, 106 00:03:38,530 --> 00:03:40,530 and persisted blindly 107 00:03:40,530 --> 00:03:42,620 in their transgression. 108 00:03:42,620 --> 00:03:44,620 When Lot, peace be upon him, intensified 109 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:46,620 his denunciation of them 110 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:48,620 and began confronting them in their assemblies, 111 00:03:48,620 --> 00:03:50,620 they threatened to banish him 112 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:52,620 from their town. 113 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:54,620 They said to him, 114 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:56,620 "If you do not desist, O Lot, 115 00:03:56,620 --> 00:03:58,620 you will surely be among those expelled." 116 00:03:58,620 --> 00:04:00,620 They would urge one 117 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:02,620 another, saying, 118 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:04,620 "Drive the family of Lot 119 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:06,620 out of your town! 120 00:04:06,620 --> 00:04:08,620 They are indeed a people who keep themselves pure." 121 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:10,620 How astonishing! 122 00:04:10,620 --> 00:04:12,620 The crime of Lot 123 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:14,620 and the crime of his family 124 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:16,620 was that they purified themselves, 125 00:04:16,620 --> 00:04:18,620 refusing to defile themselves 126 00:04:18,620 --> 00:04:20,620 or wade into the mire 127 00:04:20,620 --> 00:04:22,620 in which their people wallowed! 128 00:04:22,620 --> 00:04:24,620 Thus, that became a reason 129 00:04:24,620 --> 00:04:26,620 to condemn them. 130 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:28,620 Yet in truth, 131 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:30,620 no one in those towns was worthy of praise 132 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:32,620 except Lot, peace be upon him, 133 00:04:32,620 --> 00:04:34,620 and his family, who 134 00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:36,620 abstained from these abhorrent indecencies. 135 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:38,620 However, 136 00:04:38,620 --> 00:04:40,620 when the innate disposition becomes corrupted, 137 00:04:40,620 --> 00:04:42,620 virtue is condemned, 138 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:45,810 and chastity becomes a crime. 139 00:04:45,810 --> 00:04:47,810 He did not relent— 140 00:04:47,810 --> 00:04:49,810 Lot, peace be upon him, did not cease his call, 141 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:51,810 despite the threats and intimidation 142 00:04:51,810 --> 00:04:53,810 with which they tried to terrify him, 143 00:04:53,810 --> 00:04:55,810 and he continued to advise them 144 00:04:55,810 --> 00:04:57,810 and guide them. 145 00:04:57,810 --> 00:04:59,810 When they persisted in their defiance, 146 00:04:59,810 --> 00:05:01,810 they said to him 147 00:05:01,810 --> 00:05:03,810 by way of challenge, 148 00:05:03,810 --> 00:05:05,810 "Bring upon us the punishment of Allah, 149 00:05:05,810 --> 00:05:07,810 if you are among the truthful!" 150 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:09,810 At that point, 151 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,810 Lot, peace be upon him, called upon 152 00:05:11,810 --> 00:05:13,810 his Lord, saying, 153 00:05:13,810 --> 00:05:15,810 "My Lord, help me 154 00:05:15,810 --> 00:05:17,810 against the corrupting people." 155 00:05:17,810 --> 00:05:19,870 Allah the Exalted said, 156 00:05:19,870 --> 00:05:21,870 "And [mention] Lot, 157 00:05:21,870 --> 00:05:23,870 when he said to his people, 158 00:05:23,870 --> 00:05:25,870 'Indeed, you commit 159 00:05:25,870 --> 00:05:27,870 such immorality 160 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:29,870 as no one has ever preceded you 161 00:05:29,870 --> 00:05:31,870 in it 162 00:05:31,870 --> 00:05:33,870 among all 163 00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:35,870 of creation. 164 00:05:35,870 --> 00:05:37,870 Do you indeed approach 165 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:39,870 men, cut off 166 00:05:39,870 --> 00:05:41,870 the highway, and commit 167 00:05:41,870 --> 00:05:43,870 in your assemblies 168 00:05:43,870 --> 00:05:45,870 wicked deeds?' 169 00:05:45,870 --> 00:05:47,870 But the only answer of his people 170 00:05:47,870 --> 00:05:49,870 was that they said, 171 00:05:49,870 --> 00:05:51,870 'Bring upon us the punishment of Allah, 172 00:05:51,870 --> 00:05:53,870 was that they said, 173 00:05:53,870 --> 00:05:55,870 'Bring upon us the punishment of Allah, 174 00:05:55,870 --> 00:05:57,870 if you are among the truthful.' 175 00:06:01,870 --> 00:06:03,870 He said, 'My Lord, help me 176 00:06:03,870 --> 00:06:05,870 against the corrupting people.'" 177 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:10,420 Allah answered the supplication of His servant 178 00:06:10,420 --> 00:06:12,420 and prophet, Lot, peace be upon him, 179 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:14,420 and destruction was decreed 180 00:06:14,420 --> 00:06:16,420 upon the wrongdoing, 181 00:06:16,420 --> 00:06:18,420 corrupt people. 182 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:20,420 Thereupon, 183 00:06:20,420 --> 00:06:22,420 Allah sent to that town 184 00:06:22,420 --> 00:06:24,420 and the surrounding villages 185 00:06:24,420 --> 00:06:26,420 that shared in its sin— 186 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:28,420 He sent to them three 187 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:30,420 of the angels, 188 00:06:30,420 --> 00:06:32,420 namely Gabriel, Michael, 189 00:06:32,420 --> 00:06:34,420 and Israfil. 190 00:06:34,420 --> 00:06:36,420 They took the form of humans 191 00:06:36,420 --> 00:06:38,420 with handsome faces, 192 00:06:38,420 --> 00:06:40,420 and they headed first, 193 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:42,420 by the command of Allah the Exalted, 194 00:06:42,420 --> 00:06:44,420 to Abraham in Palestine. 195 00:06:44,420 --> 00:06:46,420 They gave him and his wife Sarah the glad tidings 196 00:06:46,420 --> 00:06:48,420 that Allah would grant them 197 00:06:48,420 --> 00:06:50,420 Isaac, and after 198 00:06:50,420 --> 00:06:52,420 Isaac, Jacob, peace be upon them both. 199 00:06:54,610 --> 00:06:56,610 Then they informed him that they were sent 200 00:06:56,610 --> 00:06:58,610 from Allah Almighty to destroy 201 00:06:58,610 --> 00:07:00,670 the people of Lot. 202 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,670 Thereupon, Abraham, peace be upon him, 203 00:07:02,670 --> 00:07:04,670 began to debate with them regarding this matter, 204 00:07:04,670 --> 00:07:06,670 and said to them: 205 00:07:06,670 --> 00:07:08,670 "Would you destroy a town in which there are 206 00:07:08,670 --> 00:07:10,670 fifty Muslims?" 207 00:07:10,670 --> 00:07:12,769 He asked: "Would you destroy 208 00:07:12,769 --> 00:07:14,769 a town in which there are 209 00:07:14,769 --> 00:07:16,769 forty Muslims?" 210 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,930 They replied: "No." 211 00:07:18,930 --> 00:07:20,930 He asked: "Would you destroy 212 00:07:20,930 --> 00:07:22,930 a town in which there are ten 213 00:07:22,930 --> 00:07:25,019 Muslims?" 214 00:07:25,019 --> 00:07:27,089 They replied: "No." 215 00:07:27,089 --> 00:07:29,089 He asked: "Would you destroy 216 00:07:29,089 --> 00:07:31,089 a town in which there is a single Muslim?" 217 00:07:31,089 --> 00:07:33,180 They replied: "No." 218 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:35,180 At that point, he said to them: 219 00:07:35,180 --> 00:07:37,180 "Indeed, within it is 220 00:07:37,180 --> 00:07:39,180 Lot, the Prophet of Allah 221 00:07:39,180 --> 00:07:41,310 and His Messenger." 222 00:07:41,310 --> 00:07:43,310 The angels said: 223 00:07:43,310 --> 00:07:45,310 “He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We are best aware of who is there. We are to deliver him and his household, all save his wife, who is of those who stay behind.” (29:32) 224 00:07:45,310 --> 00:07:47,310 "We shall surely save him 225 00:07:47,310 --> 00:07:49,310 and his family, except his wife; 226 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:51,310 she is of those who are destined to perish." 227 00:07:51,310 --> 00:07:53,310 Then they said to him: 228 00:07:53,310 --> 00:07:55,310 "O Abraham, 229 00:07:55,310 --> 00:07:57,310 desist from this pleading, 230 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,310 for indeed there has already come 231 00:07:59,310 --> 00:08:01,310 the decree of your Lord concerning them, 232 00:08:01,310 --> 00:08:03,310 and indeed there is coming upon them 233 00:08:03,310 --> 00:08:05,310 a punishment that cannot be averted." 234 00:08:05,310 --> 00:08:07,629 Allah Almighty says: 235 00:08:07,629 --> 00:08:09,629 "And when the fright had departed 236 00:08:09,629 --> 00:08:11,629 from Abraham 237 00:08:11,629 --> 00:08:13,629 and there had reached him 238 00:08:13,629 --> 00:08:15,629 the glad tidings, 239 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:17,629 he began to plead with Us 240 00:08:17,629 --> 00:08:19,629 regarding the people of Lot. 241 00:08:19,629 --> 00:08:21,629 Indeed, 242 00:08:21,629 --> 00:08:23,629 Abraham was forbearing, 243 00:08:23,629 --> 00:08:25,629 tender-hearted, 244 00:08:25,629 --> 00:08:27,629 and ever turning to Allah. 245 00:08:27,629 --> 00:08:29,629 'O Abraham, 246 00:08:29,629 --> 00:08:31,629 desist from this! 247 00:08:31,629 --> 00:08:33,629 Indeed, 248 00:08:33,629 --> 00:08:35,629 there has already come 249 00:08:35,629 --> 00:08:37,629 the decree of your Lord, 250 00:08:37,629 --> 00:08:39,629 and indeed there is 251 00:08:39,629 --> 00:08:41,629 coming upon them a punishment 252 00:08:41,629 --> 00:08:43,629 that cannot be averted.'" 253 00:08:43,629 --> 00:08:47,259 The angels, 254 00:08:47,259 --> 00:08:49,259 the emissaries of Allah, departed 255 00:08:49,259 --> 00:08:51,259 towards Lot, peace be upon him. 256 00:08:51,259 --> 00:08:53,259 When they entered the town, 257 00:08:53,259 --> 00:08:55,259 they found his daughter 258 00:08:55,259 --> 00:08:57,259 drawing water. 259 00:08:57,259 --> 00:08:59,259 When she saw them, 260 00:08:59,259 --> 00:09:01,259 she said to them: "Who are you? 261 00:09:01,259 --> 00:09:03,259 Your appearance is unfamiliar 262 00:09:03,259 --> 00:09:05,259 in these lands." 263 00:09:05,259 --> 00:09:07,259 They said to her: 264 00:09:07,259 --> 00:09:09,330 "We are guests." 265 00:09:09,330 --> 00:09:11,330 She feared for them from the townspeople 266 00:09:11,330 --> 00:09:13,330 and said to them: 267 00:09:13,330 --> 00:09:15,330 "Do not leave your place 268 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:17,330 until I return to you." 269 00:09:17,330 --> 00:09:19,330 So she went to her father 270 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:21,330 and said: "O my father, 271 00:09:21,330 --> 00:09:23,330 I have seen men 272 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:25,330 of handsome faces, 273 00:09:25,330 --> 00:09:27,330 who are not from this land, 274 00:09:27,330 --> 00:09:29,330 and I truly fear for them 275 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:31,330 from our people, 276 00:09:31,330 --> 00:09:33,360 so attend to their matter." 277 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,360 So Lot, peace be upon him, went to them, 278 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,360 and when he saw them, 279 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,360 he was troubled on their account 280 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,360 and felt utter distress for them, 281 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,360 and said to himself: 282 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,360 "This is a distressing day." 283 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,549 Even though this 284 00:09:47,549 --> 00:09:49,549 was not the usual manner of the prophets 285 00:09:49,549 --> 00:09:51,549 nor their custom with their guests, 286 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:53,549 the situation confronting 287 00:09:53,549 --> 00:09:55,549 Lot, peace be upon him, 288 00:09:55,549 --> 00:09:57,549 was far graver than that; 289 00:09:57,549 --> 00:09:59,549 for he feared for them 290 00:09:59,549 --> 00:10:01,549 that their honor would be violated 291 00:10:01,549 --> 00:10:04,960 by its wrongdoing inhabitants. 292 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,960 Lot, peace be upon him, took them 293 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,960 to his home. 294 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,960 But when his wife learned 295 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,960 of their presence, she informed her people 296 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,960 by kindling 297 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,960 a fire in her house 298 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,960 whose smoke billowed outside, 299 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,960 as a prearranged signal between her 300 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,960 and her people indicating the presence 301 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,960 of guests in their home. 302 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,960 And this was her treachery 303 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,960 toward her husband, as Allah mentioned 304 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,960 in the Holy Qur'an. 305 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,019 So the people of Lot came 306 00:10:33,019 --> 00:10:35,019 rushing toward him breathlessly, 307 00:10:35,019 --> 00:10:37,019 intending to seize the guests 308 00:10:37,019 --> 00:10:39,019 from him, as though 309 00:10:39,019 --> 00:10:41,019 they had stumbled upon 310 00:10:41,019 --> 00:10:43,120 a prized catch. Allah 311 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,120 Almighty said: 312 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,120 "And the people of 313 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,120 the city came rejoicing. 314 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,120 He said: 'Indeed, 315 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,120 these are 316 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,120 my guests, so do not 317 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,120 disgrace me. 318 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,120 And fear Allah 319 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,120 and do not humiliate me.' 320 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,120 They said: 'Have we not 321 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,120 forbidden you from protecting people?' 322 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,120 He said: 323 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,120 'These are 324 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,120 my daughters, if 325 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,120 you must do so.' 326 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,120 By your life, 327 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,120 indeed they were, in 328 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,120 their intoxication, wandering blindly." 329 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,820 Perhaps 330 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:23,820 the intention of Lot, peace be upon him, 331 00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:25,820 in saying "these are my daughters" 332 00:11:25,820 --> 00:11:27,820 “He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).” (15:71) 333 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:29,820 — and Allah knows best — 334 00:11:29,820 --> 00:11:31,820 was to silence and incapacitate them with an impossible alternative; 335 00:11:31,820 --> 00:11:33,820 like a person saying to someone 336 00:11:33,820 --> 00:11:35,820 who intends to kill their guest, 337 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:37,820 trying to stop him: 338 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:39,820 "Take this son of mine and kill him, 339 00:11:39,820 --> 00:11:41,820 but do not kill my guest," 340 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:43,820 knowing with full certainty 341 00:11:43,820 --> 00:11:45,820 that he will not kill 342 00:11:45,820 --> 00:11:47,820 his son, for he has no 343 00:11:47,820 --> 00:11:49,820 desire for him, 344 00:11:49,820 --> 00:11:51,820 and only wants to kill his guest 345 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:53,919 alone. 346 00:11:53,919 --> 00:11:55,919 Thus, this statement was made 347 00:11:55,919 --> 00:11:57,919 by way of 348 00:11:57,919 --> 00:11:59,919 silencing and demonstrating their bad faith, 349 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:01,919 not by way of literal consent. 350 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:03,919 The proof of this 351 00:12:03,919 --> 00:12:05,919 is that they replied to him: 352 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:07,919 "You already know, O Lot, what we want, 353 00:12:07,919 --> 00:12:09,919 and you well know 354 00:12:09,919 --> 00:12:11,919 that we have no desire for your daughters, 355 00:12:11,919 --> 00:12:13,919 nor have we any 356 00:12:13,919 --> 00:12:15,919 claim to them; so bring out to us 357 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:17,980 your guests." 358 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:19,980 Then Lot, peace be upon him, said to them, 359 00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:21,980 when they overwhelmed him 360 00:12:21,980 --> 00:12:23,980 and tried to break down the door of his house 361 00:12:23,980 --> 00:12:25,980 to seize his guests; 362 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:27,980 he said to them: 363 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:29,980 "If only I had the strength to resist you, 364 00:12:29,980 --> 00:12:31,980 or could take refuge 365 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:33,980 with a powerful clan 366 00:12:33,980 --> 00:12:36,210 that would defend me against you!" 367 00:12:36,210 --> 00:12:38,210 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 368 00:12:38,210 --> 00:12:40,210 "May Allah have mercy 369 00:12:40,210 --> 00:12:42,210 upon Lot; 370 00:12:42,210 --> 00:12:44,210 he was indeed taking refuge in a strong 371 00:12:44,210 --> 00:12:46,210 pillar" — 372 00:12:46,210 --> 00:12:49,419 meaning Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. 373 00:12:49,419 --> 00:12:51,419 These events were unfolding 374 00:12:51,419 --> 00:12:53,419 right before the eyes of the guests 375 00:12:53,419 --> 00:12:55,419 in complete serenity, 376 00:12:55,419 --> 00:12:57,419 indifferent to what was transpiring 377 00:12:57,419 --> 00:12:59,419 between Lot and his people. 378 00:12:59,419 --> 00:13:01,460 And when the matter reached 379 00:13:01,460 --> 00:13:03,460 its utmost limit 380 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:05,460 and they saw the inability of Lot, peace be upon him, 381 00:13:05,460 --> 00:13:07,460 to confront his people, 382 00:13:07,460 --> 00:13:09,460 they said to him: 383 00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:11,460 "Be at ease, O Lot, 384 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:13,460 for we are not mortals; 385 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,460 we are the messengers of your Lord to you, 386 00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:17,460 and we are about to destroy the people of 387 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:19,460 this town. 388 00:13:19,460 --> 00:13:21,460 These wicked people 389 00:13:21,460 --> 00:13:23,460 will never be able to harm you in any way. 390 00:13:23,460 --> 00:13:25,460 So do not fear 391 00:13:25,460 --> 00:13:27,460 and do not grieve, O Lot; 392 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:29,460 indeed, we are going to save you 393 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:31,840 and your family." 394 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,840 Then Gabriel, peace be upon him, stepped out toward them 395 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,840 as they were trying to break down the door, 396 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,840 and struck their faces 397 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,840 with the edge of his wing, 398 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,840 blotting out their eyes 399 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,840 so that they were struck blind; 400 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,840 So they began jostling one another, 401 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,840 colliding with each other, 402 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,840 not knowing where to go. 403 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,840 Then they returned to their homes, 404 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,840 threatening Lot, 405 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,840 saying: 406 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,840 "We will deal with you tomorrow." 407 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,970 When things calmed down 408 00:13:59,970 --> 00:14:01,970 and the Prophet of Allah, 409 00:14:01,970 --> 00:14:03,970 Lot (peace be upon him), was reassured, 410 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:05,970 the angels said to him: 411 00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:08,000 "When night falls, 412 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 set out with your family 413 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 and leave this town, 414 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 and let none of you look back 415 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 at them when the punishment descends 416 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 upon them, 417 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 for she will surely be struck 418 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 by what strikes them." 419 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,159 But Lot (peace be upon him) sought to hasten 420 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:26,159 the punishment upon them, 421 00:14:26,159 --> 00:14:28,159 so the angels said to him: 422 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:30,159 "Indeed, their appointed time 423 00:14:30,159 --> 00:14:32,159 is the morning. 424 00:14:32,159 --> 00:14:34,159 Is not the morning near, O Lot?" 425 00:14:34,159 --> 00:14:37,179 Lot (peace be upon him) set out 426 00:14:37,179 --> 00:14:39,179 with his daughters 427 00:14:39,179 --> 00:14:41,179 once darkness had fallen, 428 00:14:41,179 --> 00:14:43,179 while his wife refused to leave 429 00:14:43,179 --> 00:14:45,179 with them, 430 00:14:45,179 --> 00:14:47,179 choosing instead to remain with her people, 431 00:14:47,179 --> 00:14:49,179 because she adhered to their religion. 432 00:14:49,179 --> 00:14:51,220 Then, when the morning 433 00:14:51,220 --> 00:14:53,220 dawned, there came 434 00:14:53,220 --> 00:14:55,220 the command of Allah Almighty 435 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:57,220 to destroy those wrongdoing towns. 436 00:14:57,220 --> 00:14:59,409 So Gabriel 437 00:14:59,409 --> 00:15:01,409 (peace be upon him) lifted them from the face 438 00:15:01,409 --> 00:15:03,409 of the earth on the tip of his wing, 439 00:15:03,409 --> 00:15:05,440 until he reached the heavens with them, 440 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,440 and the dwellers of heaven heard 441 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,440 the barking of dogs and the crowing 442 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,440 of roosters. Then 443 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,440 he turned them upside down, 444 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,440 and Allah followed that up against them 445 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,440 with stones from Hellfire, 446 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,440 raining continuously upon them 447 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,440 like a layered necklace, 448 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,440 upon each stone 449 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,440 being the name of the man at whom it was to be thrown. 450 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,700 Allah Almighty said: 451 00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:31,980 "And when 452 00:15:31,980 --> 00:15:33,980 Our messengers came to Lot, 453 00:15:33,980 --> 00:15:35,980 he was distressed on their account 454 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:41,980 and felt powerless to protect them, 455 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:43,980 and said, 'This is a dreadful 456 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:45,980 day.' 457 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:47,980 And there came to him 458 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:49,980 his people, rushing 459 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:51,980 toward him; and before that, 460 00:15:51,980 --> 00:15:53,980 they had been committing 461 00:15:53,980 --> 00:15:55,980 evil deeds. 462 00:15:55,980 --> 00:15:57,980 He said, 'O my people, 463 00:15:57,980 --> 00:15:59,980 these are my daughters; 464 00:15:59,980 --> 00:16:01,980 they are purer 465 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:03,980 for you. So fear 466 00:16:03,980 --> 00:16:05,980 Allah, and do not disgrace me 467 00:16:05,980 --> 00:16:07,980 concerning my guests. 468 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:09,980 Is there not among you 469 00:16:09,980 --> 00:16:11,980 a single right-minded man?' 470 00:16:11,980 --> 00:16:13,980 They said, 'You have already 471 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:15,980 known that we have no right to your daughters, 472 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:17,980 “They said: Well thou knowest that we have no right to thy daughters, and well thou knowest what we want.” (11:79) 473 00:16:17,980 --> 00:16:19,980 and indeed you 474 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:21,980 surely know what we want.' 475 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:23,980 He said, 476 00:16:23,980 --> 00:16:25,980 “He said: Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support (among you)!” (11:80) 477 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:27,980 'If only I had against you some power, or could take refuge 478 00:16:27,980 --> 00:16:29,980 in a strong 479 00:16:29,980 --> 00:16:31,980 support!' 480 00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:33,980 They said, 'O 481 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:35,980 Lot, indeed we are 482 00:16:35,980 --> 00:16:37,980 messengers of your Lord; 483 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:39,980 they will never reach you. 484 00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:41,980 So travel with your family 485 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:43,980 in a portion 486 00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:45,980 of the night, 487 00:16:45,980 --> 00:16:47,980 and let not 488 00:16:47,980 --> 00:16:49,980 any of you look back— 489 00:16:49,980 --> 00:16:51,980 except your wife; 490 00:16:51,980 --> 00:16:54,019 indeed, there will strike her 491 00:16:54,019 --> 00:16:56,019 what strikes them. 492 00:16:56,019 --> 00:16:58,019 Indeed, 493 00:16:58,019 --> 00:17:00,019 their appointed time is the morning. 494 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:02,019 Is not the morning 495 00:17:02,019 --> 00:17:04,019 near?' 496 00:17:04,019 --> 00:17:06,019 So when there came 497 00:17:06,019 --> 00:17:08,019 Our command, 498 00:17:08,019 --> 00:17:10,019 We made its highest part 499 00:17:10,019 --> 00:17:12,019 its lowest, 500 00:17:12,019 --> 00:17:14,019 We made its highest part 501 00:17:14,019 --> 00:17:16,019 its lowest, 502 00:17:16,019 --> 00:17:18,019 and rained upon it 503 00:17:18,019 --> 00:17:20,019 stones, 504 00:17:20,019 --> 00:17:22,019 and rained upon it stones 505 00:17:22,019 --> 00:17:24,019 of layered 506 00:17:24,019 --> 00:17:26,019 baked clay, 507 00:17:26,019 --> 00:17:28,019 marked 508 00:17:28,019 --> 00:17:30,019 in the presence of your Lord. 509 00:17:30,019 --> 00:17:32,180 And it is not 510 00:17:32,180 --> 00:17:34,180 from the wrongdoers 511 00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:36,180 far off." 512 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:39,809 Allah Almighty has mentioned 513 00:17:39,809 --> 00:17:41,809 Lot (peace be upon him) 514 00:17:41,809 --> 00:17:43,809 in the Qur'an twenty-seven times, 515 00:17:43,809 --> 00:17:45,809 and there were mentioned 516 00:17:45,809 --> 00:17:47,809 the events of his story with his people 517 00:17:47,809 --> 00:17:49,809 in more than one surah. 518 00:17:49,809 --> 00:17:51,940 Among the most important lessons derived 519 00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:53,940 from the story of the Prophet of Allah, 520 00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:55,940 Lot (peace be upon him), are: 521 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:57,940 First: 522 00:17:57,940 --> 00:17:59,940 The heinousness of the crime of the people 523 00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:01,940 of Lot, 524 00:18:01,940 --> 00:18:03,940 and that it is the sin at which 525 00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:05,940 the Throne of the Most Merciful shakes due to its enormity, 526 00:18:05,940 --> 00:18:08,480 and Allah's refuge is sought from it. 527 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,480 Second: 528 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,480 When human nature is perverted, 529 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,480 it perceives the repulsive as good, 530 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,480 and a crime becomes to it 531 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,119 something customary. 532 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,119 Third: 533 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,119 The collapse of morals 534 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,119 is the cause of the destruction of societies, 535 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,119 as it has been said: 536 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,119 "Nations endure only as long as their morals remain; 537 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,119 if their morals 538 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,119 depart, they depart as well." 539 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,539 Fourth: 540 00:18:35,539 --> 00:18:37,539 The people of Lot 541 00:18:37,539 --> 00:18:39,539 were the first to innovate the obscene act 542 00:18:39,539 --> 00:18:41,539 of approaching males, 543 00:18:41,539 --> 00:18:43,539 so upon them is its burden and the burden of everyone 544 00:18:43,539 --> 00:18:45,539 who practices it after them. 545 00:18:45,539 --> 00:18:47,539 Allah Almighty said regarding them: 546 00:18:47,539 --> 00:18:49,539 "Indeed, you commit 547 00:18:49,539 --> 00:18:51,539 an immorality such as 548 00:18:51,539 --> 00:18:53,539 no one has preceded you in doing 549 00:18:53,539 --> 00:18:56,140 among all the worlds." 550 00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:58,140 Fifth: 551 00:18:58,140 --> 00:19:00,140 The generosity of the prophets (peace be upon them), 552 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:02,140 their care for their guests, 553 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:04,140 and their defense of them; 554 00:19:04,140 --> 00:19:06,140 and Lot (peace be upon him) 555 00:19:06,140 --> 00:19:08,140 is an exemplar of that. 556 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:10,690 Sixth: 557 00:19:10,690 --> 00:19:12,690 A wife has no true bond 558 00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:14,690 with her husband if she follows 559 00:19:14,690 --> 00:19:16,690 a religion that opposes his religion. 560 00:19:16,690 --> 00:19:19,680 Seventh: 561 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,680 It is not permissible for us to name 562 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,680 this obscenity—which 563 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,680 is the attraction to males— 564 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,680 "liwat," 565 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,680 nor is it permissible for us to call the man 566 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,680 who commits this obscenity 567 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,680 a "luti," 568 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,680 because the name of Lot 569 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,680 is a noble name, 570 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,680 carrying the meaning of a reformer, 571 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,680 while the root "al-liwat" signifies 572 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,740 mending and plastering. 573 00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:45,740 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) informed us 574 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:47,740 that when the Hour 575 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:49,740 is established, 576 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:51,740 the first person to be struck down 577 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:53,740 will be a man plastering his water basin— 578 00:19:53,740 --> 00:19:55,809 that is, repairing his basin. 579 00:19:55,809 --> 00:19:57,809 Furthermore, 580 00:19:57,809 --> 00:19:59,809 it is not permissible to attribute this act 581 00:19:59,809 --> 00:20:01,809 to Lot (peace be upon him); 582 00:20:01,809 --> 00:20:03,809 the term "luti" 583 00:20:03,809 --> 00:20:05,809 derives from Lot (peace be upon him), 584 00:20:05,809 --> 00:20:07,809 and Lot (peace be upon him) 585 00:20:07,809 --> 00:20:09,809 is entirely innocent of it. 586 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:11,809 How then could someone who commits 587 00:20:11,809 --> 00:20:13,809 this heinous act be attributed to him? 588 00:20:13,809 --> 00:20:15,809 Rather, we should name it as 589 00:20:15,809 --> 00:20:17,809 the Prophet (peace be upon him) named it, 590 00:20:17,809 --> 00:20:19,809 saying: 591 00:20:19,809 --> 00:20:21,809 "the act of the people of Lot," 592 00:20:21,809 --> 00:20:23,809 or saying: 593 00:20:23,809 --> 00:20:25,809 "that man 594 00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:28,480 commits the act of the people of Lot." 595 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,480 Eighth: 596 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,480 Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah transmitted 597 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,480 the consensus of the Companions and others 598 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,480 that whoever commits this act 599 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,480 is to be executed, 600 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,480 Even though they differed 601 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,509 over the manner of execution: 602 00:20:42,509 --> 00:20:44,509 Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, 603 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:46,509 may Allah be pleased with him, said 604 00:20:46,509 --> 00:20:48,509 that he is to be thrown from a high cliff, 605 00:20:48,509 --> 00:20:50,509 just as was done to the people of Lot; 606 00:20:50,509 --> 00:20:52,509 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said 607 00:20:52,509 --> 00:20:54,509 that a wall should be collapsed upon him; 608 00:20:54,509 --> 00:20:56,509 and Ibn 'Abbas, 609 00:20:56,509 --> 00:20:58,509 may Allah be pleased with them both, said 610 00:20:58,509 --> 00:21:00,509 that he is to be stoned to death with rocks— 611 00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:02,509 both the active and passive partners— 612 00:21:02,509 --> 00:21:04,509 just as is done in the case of adultery. 613 00:21:04,509 --> 00:21:06,509 We seek refuge in Allah from this. 614 00:21:06,509 --> 00:21:08,930 Ninth: 615 00:21:08,930 --> 00:21:10,930 When matters become severely constricted, 616 00:21:10,930 --> 00:21:12,930 relief arrives 617 00:21:12,930 --> 00:21:14,930 from Allah, the Most High, the All-Powerful. 618 00:21:14,930 --> 00:21:16,930 And Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, 619 00:21:16,930 --> 00:21:18,930 never abandons His allies; 620 00:21:18,930 --> 00:21:20,930 rather, He delivers them 621 00:21:20,930 --> 00:21:22,930 and destroys the wrongdoing people. 622 00:21:22,930 --> 00:21:26,500 This discourse 623 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:28,500 will be continued, Allah willing. 624 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:30,500 And Allah knows best. 625 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:32,500 All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 626 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,500 May peace and blessings 627 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:36,500 be upon our Prophet Muhammad, 628 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:38,500 and upon his family 629 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:40,500 and all his Companions. 630 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:43,940 You have been listening to 631 00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:45,940 Stories of the Prophets. 632 00:21:45,940 --> 00:21:56,829 And may peace and blessings be upon him.