Quran Chapter
7 – 80 (Pt-8, Stg-2) (L-982) - درس قرآن
Circumstances of the folk of Lot
Chapter ‘Al-‘A’raaf (The
Heights) – Surah – 7)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ 80
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80. And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Do ye
commit abomination such as no creature ever did before you?
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80. Wa
Luu-tan ‘iz qaala liqaw-mihiii
‘ata’-tuunal-faahishata maa sabaqa-kum bihaa
min ‘ahadim-minal-‘aalamiin.
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Commentary
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Prophet Lot (peace be
upon Him) is Messenger of Allah Almighty. He was nephew of Prophet Abraham
(peace be upon Them). When Abraham left His idolater and sculptor father
named Azir and migrated
from Iraq to Syria, Lot migrated along with Him also
to Syria. Prophet Abraham (peace be upon Him) slighted in Palestine and Lot (peace
be upon Him) went to Jordan. Then Allah Almighty sent His Message unto Him
and directed to reach Sodom, which was the name of a city of Jordan.
Allah Almighty sent Him towards the inhabitants of the outskirts of that city,
so that, the bad habit of those people might be discontinued from them by
warning.
Qaw-mihiii -
(His folk, tribe, nation), it aims “the people of Sodom and villages
in its vicinity” who had become habitual of an evil.
‘Al-faahishata –
this word has been derived from fahash, which means “to be opened,
to become public”. Two words have been made from it: ‘al-faahishah and ‘al-fah-shaaa’,
which are used for “lewdness openly, shamelessness, to be lost to all sense of
honor, committing sins without any hesitation”.
Such filthy evil had spread
publicly in the residents of Sodom, which was shameless and against the
nature, and which was invented by them (sodomy – a carnal copulation against
nature). This evil was neither learnt by them from any other, nor anyone committed
it before them and nor they looked someone committing so. Even that the animals
did never commit this evil, because they fulfill their natural desires in the
same manner as the Wisdom has prescribed the way to fulfill it. Contrary to it,
they can never think. However, humankind is such an existence, who can break
the natural fashions. Therefore, there are more supplies/equipment of his
destruction in the world than animals. Generally, maximum destruction of
animals is due to external motives and disasters, but internal disasters exist
too to finish the human being, besides external reasons and disasters, which
are result of the inundation of his powerful desires.
Those entire parts have to do
any work, which exist in the human body, as eyes are for looking, feet are for
walking etc. and naturally every limb is fond of doing own work. If desires of
all members of the body are collected, the name of this collection would be “Nafs”
(the breath, the soul, the spirit, the self-desire etc.). The Nafs wants
complete independence to fulfill its fondness. The religion and the morality
impose restrictions on the Nafs. The name of those restrictions is
religion and civilization. Whenever, the Nafs breaks those
restrictions by violence, then corruption, tyranny, disorder and mischief
spread. Murder, unfair dealing and adultery etc. are the same kinds of
mischief, due to which, human society is ruined.
The people
of Sodom adopted a new kind of violence. They established such
natural relationship with boys, which were required to be conducted with female
(women) only. It was the reason that many depravities were born in the society
and family system began to ruin. Allah Almighty sent specially Prophet Lot
(peace be upon Him) unto that nation for preventing them from this new evil.
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