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The people of Lut

قوم لوط

They practised an indecency no people had done before them, and their towns were overturned.

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Lut rebuked his people for an indecency no one in the worlds had done before them: approaching men with desire instead of women (7:80–81).

When the command came, Allah turned their towns upside down and rained on them stones of baked clay (11:82). Lut and his family were saved, except his wife.

Evidence

QuranAl-A'raaf (The Heights)Quran 7:81

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ ٨١

Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2

Another translation: Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan · QuranEnc v1.1.2

81. "Verily, you practise your lusts on men instead of women. Nay, but you are a people transgressing beyond bounds (by committing great sins)."

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QuranHud (Hud)Quran 11:82

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ ٨٢

So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2

Another translation: Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan · QuranEnc v1.1.2

82. So when Our Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, in a well-arranged manner one after another;

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