Eternal Words 7- Sura Al-'A'raf Verse80-81
Verse80-81
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(80) وَ لُوطاً إِذْ قالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَ تَأْتُونَ الْفاحِشَةَ ما سَبَقَكُمْ بِها مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعالَمِينَ
(81) إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجالَ شَهْوَةً مِنْ دُونِ النِّساءِ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُسْرِفُونَ
80. " And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: ' What ! Do you commit an indecency which none in the world has ever done before you ? ' "
81. " Verily you come to men in lust instead of women ! Nay, you are an extravagant people."
Commentary :
Prophet Lut (a.s.) was from the family of Abraham (a.s.). He was the only man who believed in him and migrated with him. Sura Al-'Ankabut, No. 29, Verse 26 says : " And Lut believed in him ..." Abraham (a.s.) sent him to a zone where indecencies were circulated at that time.
It has been narrated that they committed the act of sodomy upon their guests so that people be afraid of being a guest. As the Qur'an points out, Prophet Lut suggested them to marry his daughters, but they did not accept.
There are some advantages in marriage which are absent in sodomy. A few of them are such as: 1) Affection, mercy, and intimate ease; 2) offspring; 3) forming a family organization; and 4) the subjects of humanity and naturalness existed in marriage.
Unfortunately, the world of the west has formally accepted the hideous act of sodomy, and in some European countries the action has become legal.
The Qur'anic phrase " their brother" has been used for Hud, Salih, and Shu'ayb (Jethro) (a.s.), but it has not been applied for Lut. Perhaps, this difference is for the sake that Lut (a.s.) migrated from another zone for divine messengership.
Explanations :
1- A great part of Lut's preaching was upon the struggle against the indecencies and sexual prohibitions, since the most important problem of his society was indecency.
2- Idol worshippers had the pretext of the belief of their ancestors in idolatry, but followers of indecency had not this pretext, either. They themselves initiated this crime and sin. The verse says :
" And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: ' What ! Do you commit an indecency which none in the world has ever done before you ? ' "
3- He who abandons the way of nature, is counted as an extravagant person.
The verse says :
" Verily you come to men in lust instead of women! Nnay, you are an extravagant people."
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