Al-A'raf 83: And We saved him and his family, with the exception of his wife, because his wife was among those who stayed behind (among the infidels).
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And We saved him and his family, with the exception of his wife, because his wife was among those who stayed behind (among the infidels).
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In response to the response of this people, Allah (swt) orders the punishment of those who commit such filth, those who transgress the limits, those who commit homosexuality, which is one of the great sins that Allah (swt) does not approve of in any way.
According to the narrations, in the evening, two Melaike-i Kiram came to Hadrat Lot in the form of men disguised as beautiful human beings. His people, who saw these angels, wanted to take these angels disguised as human beings from Hadrat Lut 'alaihis-salâm' and use them for their filth. For this reason, they gathered around Hadrat Lot's house. They addressed Hadrat Lut 'alaihis-salâm' and said, "Didn't we tell you not to interfere in our affairs? You will give us those guests of yours. Hadrat Lot 'alaihis-salâm' said to his people: "O my people! These are not the people you know. Even though he tells them to go back to their wives instead, he realizes that he can't talk to this tribe of rabid assholes, and he gets very scared when he can't deal with them.
The Melaike-i Kirams, who were at the door at that time, made them unable to move with their gaze on these people and entered the house with Hazrat Lot. They said to Hadrat Lot, "Allah has given the order to destroy this town. Now take your children and those who follow you away from here at night. Do not look back as you go. Hadrat Lot (peace be upon him) went around the city and could not find anyone in the whole city who would follow him. Except one person. This person prefers to stay there to see the people who commit evil deeds, resigned to their own destruction. Because this person is angry with these unreasonable, unruly and transgressive people, he is willing to stay among them in order to see their destruction and to take revenge on them. Hadrat Lut 'alaihis-salâm' took his family members and went out of the city. There was a noise from behind. The wife of Hadrat Lot 'alaihis-salâm' was a disbeliever, so she was one of those who stayed behind. He disobeys the order, looks back, and there he is petrified.
This is how Allah saved those who obeyed Allah and said Allah. Although the tribes who came after them heard and knew this, these people rebelled against Allah by following their ego, falling for the traps set for them by Shaytan, and following what pleases their ego at the cost of their own destruction. This is not something that a normal human being can comprehend. Those who do not take lessons from these events, and who disbelieve in Allah and make their own souls gods, will surely face the torment of a day. Before the torment of that day comes, let us be servants of Allah and Ummahs of His Messenger, taking examples from those whom Allah has shown us whom He has destroyed.
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Now to verse 83 of Surah Al-A'raf we come. So We saved him and his family, except his wife. For his wife was among those who stayed behind, among the disbelievers. Yes, Allah Almighty, from the atom to the globe, everything He created, knowing what they will do, and until the Day of Judgement there is not a single living being, He says, not a single living being to come of which We would not know what it will do, as the verse says; accordingly, to Lot (peace be upon him) He makes known that his wife, in view of the covenant she had given earlier in the barzakh, had given her covenant in such a way that she would not recognize her Lord, that is, that she is among the disbelievers.
She is among those who stay behind, He says. Upon this people's answer, Allah Almighty, to those who commit such filth, filth, to those who overstep the limits, one of the great sins Allah in no way approves, to homosexual people, gives the order of punishment. Allah Almighty issues the order of punishment for those homosexual people.
There are narrations here; let us read those narrations to you. According to the narrations, toward evening two noble angels, as very handsome men in human form, come to Lot. His people, seeing these angels, want to take these angels in human form from Lot (peace be upon him) and use them for their filth. One person sees the angels who came to Lot, runs among the people and tells of the guests who came to Lot, and they gather and show up at Lot's door. Yes, addressing Lot (peace be upon him): Didn't we tell you not to meddle in our business? Yes, so they gather around Lot's house. Addressing Lot (peace be upon him): Didn't we tell you not to meddle in our business?
You will give us those guests of yours, they say. Lot (peace be upon him) to his people: O my people, these are not the kind of people you know. Go back to your wives instead of them; although he says this, with this frenzied filthy people he realizes he cannot reason, and that he cannot cope with them he greatly fears. At that moment the noble angels at the door, by looking at these people, leave them unable to budge from their places. In one narration, they become completely blind. And they go into the house with Lot. They say to Lot (peace be upon him): Allah has given the order to destroy this town.
Now, by night, take your family and those who follow you away from here. As you go, do not look back. Lot (peace be upon him) goes around the city; in that big city, anyone to follow him he cannot find. Except one or two people. Except one person. One person. And this person, consenting to his own destruction so as to see the destruction of the evildoers, chooses to stay there. Because this person, out of anger at these unreasonable, unruly, (?) people, to see their destruction and take revenge on them, consents to staying among them himself. Lot (peace be upon him) takes his family, leaves the city; behind them a roar breaks out. Since the wife of Lot (peace be upon him) is a disbeliever, she becomes one of those who stay behind; she disobeys the command, turns round, looks, and is turned to stone there.
This is how Allah Almighty saved those who obey Allah and who say 'Allah'. Although the peoples who came later heard and knew of this, these people, following their nafs, deceived by the traps Satan sets for them, at the cost of their own destruction, drifting after what pleases their nafs, rebel against Allah. This is not something a normal person's mind can grasp. So those who take no lesson from these events, who deny Allah and their own nafs make into a god: surely one day the punishment of a day will come upon them. Before that day's punishment comes, if, from what Allah Almighty has shown us of those He destroyed, we take lessons and, to Allah, become servants, and the community of His Beloved, we will escape.
Otherwise there is no way that we, in this world, before what our Lord gives, the blessings He gives, eat and drink and turn our backs on Him; there is no way that on the Day of Judgement we escape. The place we go to will be hell, the place of eternal punishment. Allah protect us; may Allah protect us all, the community of Muhammad, from it.