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The Prophet Abraham (pbuh)

Other News Brought by the Angels

The first news the angels brought to the Prophet Abraham
(pbuh) is the glad tidings of a son. The angels then informed
the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) that Prophet Lot's (pbuh) tribe
would soon be destroyed because of their homosexual lifestyle.
(This will be discussed in greater detail later on.) Allah states
in the Qur'an:

He [Abraham] inquired: "What, then, is your business, O
emissaries from Allah?" They said: "We have been sent to
a tribe of evildoers to unleash upon them lumps of clay
earmarked by your Lord for the profligate." (Surat adh-
Dhariyat: 32-34)
Allah also gives more details about this conversation in
other passages. For example:

When Our emissaries came with the good news to
Abraham, they said: "We are going to destroy the people
of this city. Truly its inhabitants are wrongdoers." He said:
"Lot is in it." They said: "We know very well who is in it.
We are going to rescue him and his family—except for his
wife. She will be one of those who stay behind." (Surat al-
Ankabut: 31-32)
When the feeling of fear left Abraham and the good news
reached him, he disputed with Us about the tribe of Lot.
Abraham was forbearing, compassionate, and penitent.
"Abraham, turn away from this! Your Lord's command has
come. A punishment is coming to them that cannot be re-
pelled." (Surah Hud: 76)
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are evildo-
ers—with the exception of the family of Lot, all of whom
We will save, except for his wife. We have decreed her to

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