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The Prophet Lot (pbuh)

ter. You will have no helpers." And Lot had believed in
him. He said: "I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord.
He is the Almighty, the All Wise." Surat al-Ankabut, 25-
26)
Immigration (hijra) means to submit to Allah willingly,
knowing that He is your only friend and guardian, and taking

refuge in His protection. The Prophet Lot (pbuh) migrated to
our Lord by moving away from his unbelieving tribe. Like all
of the prophets, he was a chosen individual who left an exam-
ple for all people of sincerity and submission to Allah. The
Prophet Lot (pbuh) and the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) were sent
to different tribes. Allah reveals in the Qur'an that the society to
which the Prophet Lot (pbuh) relayed the Divine message was

steeped in homosexuality, a practice cursed by Allah.

The Prophet Lot's (pbuh) Misguided People

In the Qur'an, Allah states "So set your face firmly toward

the Religion, as a pure natural believer, Allah's natural pat-
tern on which He made humanity" (Surat ar-Rum, 30) and that
He has created human beings with a specific disposition. Satan,
on the other hand, asserts "… I will command them, and they
will change Allah's Creation…" (Surat an-Nisa', 119). He seeks
to turn people away from that disposition and to lead them in-
to various prohibited practices.

One of the prohibited practices to which satan incites hu-
man beings is homosexuality. Indeed, Allah describes the situ-
ation of those who follow satan's urgings and live an immoral
lifestyle: "If they see every Sign, they will not believe in it. If
they see the way of right guidance, they will not take it as a

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