Page 181 - The Prophet Abraham (Pbuh) and The Prophet Lot (Pbuh)

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

They said: "Lot, we are messengers from your Lord. They
will not be able to get at you. Set out with your family—
except for your wife—in the middle of the night, and none
of you should look back. What strikes them will strike her
as well. Their promised appointment is the morning. Is
the morning not close at hand?" (Surah Hud, 81)
Allah reveals that the Prophet Lot's (pbuh) wife would be
destroyed, despite her position as a prophet's wife. Although

Allah had honored and elevated her husband with prophet-
hood, this blessing and honor gained her nothing because of
her insincerity and denial.
Her death shows that such connections as being related to
or descended from the prophets of Allah will be of no benefit in
the Hereafter. Only one's deep faith, submission and obedi-
ence, and strong fear and respect of Allah will be of any bene-

fit. If one's heart contains no sincere faith, one will find no sal-
vation, regardless of his or her physical or familial closeness to
Allah's prophets. Indeed, such proximity may well increase
one's responsibility in Allah's Sight, for Allah reveals:
O wives of the Prophet. If any of you commits an obvious
act of indecency, she will receive double the punishment.
That is an easy matter for Allah. But those of you who are
obedient to Allah and His Messenger and act rightly will be
given their reward twice over; and We have prepared a gen-
erous provision for them. O wives of the Prophet. You are
not like other women, provided you guard against evil. Do
not be too soft-spoken in your speech, lest someone with
sickness in his heart becomes desirous. Speak correct and
courteous words. Remain in your houses and do not display
your beauty, as it was previously displayed in the Time of
Ignorance. Perform [the prescribed] prayers and give alms,

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