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way. But if they see the way of error, they will take that as a
way" (Surat al-A'raf, 146). As Allah states "Allah desires to
turn toward you, but those who pursue their lower appetites
desire to make you deviate completely" (Surat an-Nisa', 27),
these people wish to draw everyone away from the true path.

Allah states in the Qur'an the reward that such people will re-
ceive:
An evil generation succeeded those who neglected the
prayer and followed their appetites. They will plunge in-
to the Valley of Evil. (Surah Maryam, 59)
This prohibited practice has appeared in many societies

throughout history. In the Qur'an, Allah specifically tells the
Prophet Lot's (pbuh) tribe, who was well known for this cus-
tom. The Prophet Lot (pbuh), an esteemed prophet who be-
lieved fully in our Lord and possessed the proper moral values
and resignation to Allah, called on his tribe to fear (and respect)
Allah, abandon their homosexuality, and live a life that would
please Him. But they responded to his words with hostility.
Due to their monstrous temerity and immorality, they fully
merited our Lord's chastisement. As Allah tells us, they met the

following fate:
And Lot, when he said to his tribe: "Do you commit an ob-
scenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the
worlds? You come with lust to men instead of women. You
are indeed a depraved tribe." The only answer of his tribe
was to say: "Expel them from your city! They are people
who keep themselves pure!" So We rescued him and his
family—except for his wife. She was one of those who
stayed behind. We rained down a rain upon them. See the
final fate of the evildoers! (Surat al-A'raf, 80-84)

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