Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb.

Good morning every one

َ‫ْرفُوْ ن‬ ۤ ‫ْأ‬
ِ ‫اِنَّ ُك ْم لَتَ تُوْ نَ الرِّ َجا َل َشه َْوةً ِّم ْن ُدوْ ِن النِّ َسا ۗ ِء بَلْ اَ ْنتُ ْم قَوْ ٌم ُّمس‬
81. Indeed, you have vented your desires on fellow men not on women. You really are a
transgressor. (al-A’raf [7]: 81).

Well, maybe you are quite familiar with various gender in Thailand. Unlike Indonesia along
with what stated in Holly Quran in which there are only two genders—male and female,
Thailand has 18 genders and two of them are gay and lesbian. Even worse, there are two
Indonesian youtubers who come out themselves as gay and married to men in Europe. Wait,
may be Europe is too far, look at the news on TV, some transgenders like Lucinta Luna,
Milen Cyrus, and many others dominate celebrity news. They were dating with men too. I
was wondering why media gives more room to those kinds of people. Nauzubillah, the world,
nowadays, is not okay. Well, the terms homosexuality and transgender have been introduced
in Quran in the age of Lut, the prophet. It is not the story but it is fact that Allah SWT showed
His great anger for the lust that man made. It is so dramatic that in one time Allah eliminated
all human in one area by His great fire and stone from the exploded mountain. The story of
Prophet Lut will make goosebumps. Do you want to listen to the story? Here is the story.

Long ago, there were two prophets, Ibrahim and Lut, who were in a mission to spread Islam
across the land and sea. Lut, who was also Ibrahim’s nephew, really respected and believed
what his uncle taught him about Islam. However, in the middle of their journey to spread
Islam, Allah SWT said ‘Lut, I am going to send you to Sodom. There you will guide the
people especially the transgressor to Islam. Make them back to worship Allah SWT, said
Allah SWT. With full of obedience Luth accepted what Allah SWT asked him to do.

Sodom was not a big but developing city at that time; it was visited by many travellers,
merchants, and businessmen for trade. Yet, Sodom was the most corrupt city with the highest
criminality. It was common to see robbery, murder, and rape case almost every day. The
people of Sodom were mostly heartless but among the notorious act of evils, the most fiercely
act was homosexuality. With the Prophethood and his new mission, Prophet Lut soon settled
in Sodom and began to devise ways to bring his people in to the fold of Islam.

Soon Prophet Lut approached the men of the city and reminded them of their Lord: “Will you
not fear Allah and obey Him? Prophet Lut then broached the matter of homosexuality and
informed them that it was indeed an immoral practice. He said: “Do you approach males
among the worlds, and leave those whom your Lord has created for you as your wives? Nay,
you are a people of transgressing!”

Prophet Lut then informed his people that he would never agree to be a part of this such a
practice, and warned them of a severe punishment from Allah. He said: “I am indeed, of those
who disapprove with severe anger and fury your action (of sodomy).” The men and women of
Sodom became very angry at Lut’s speech; they began to discuss amongst each other,
planning to drive Lut away from their city. They then warned Prophet Lut: “If you cease not,
O Lut! Verily, you will be one of those who are driven out!”
Prophet Lut became distressed. After years and years of inviting people to Islam, not one
person in Sodom had entered the fold of Islam. The only Muslim household in Sodom was
Lut’s house and not all its occupants were Muslims—Lut and his daughters were steadfast in
their religion, but his wife continued to be among the non-believers. So Prophet Lut raised his
hands to the heavens and prayed: “My Lord, support me against the corrupting people. My
Lord, save me and my family from what they do.”

Meanwhile, Allah sent three angels, including Angel Jibreel, disguised as men to Prophet
Ibrahim’s house as guests. The angels then proceeded towards Sodom disguised as handsome
young men. The daughter of Lut, a believer, witnessed the handsome men entering the city
and frantically ran to her father and informed him of the three men.

Lut’s wife, a non-believer, saw the men as they entered her house, together with her husband,
Lut. She hurried to the men of the city and informed them that Lut had three attractive, young
men in his house. The men rejoiced at the news and slowly gathered outside the house of Lut
and began pounding on his door. Lut shouted: “Do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is
there not among you a man of reason?” Growing restless, the men shouted back: “Have we
not forbidden you from [hosting] people?” Hearing this, Lut offer his daughter as the replace
of the men. But they said ‘You have already known that we have no interest in your
daughters; and indeed, you know what we want.”
Angel Jibreel then stepped out of Lut’s house and struck the men causing all men to lose their
eyesight. Shocked and enraged, the men shouted: “What’s this magic that just hit us? Where
did this come from? O Lut! You are the one behind this. You will see what we will do to you
tomorrow.” The blind men then returned to their homes plotting to destroy Lut the following
day.
Allah commanded Lut: “Set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any
among you look back, except your wife. Indeed she will be struck by that which strikes them.
Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?” As instructed,
Prophet Lut, together with his daughters, left Sodom during the night.
As the morning dawned, a loud, piercing cry ensued through the city that shook the occupants
with great pain and fear. Jibreel then grabbed the nation from the edge of his wing, raised
them high up, twisted the land, and crashed it to the ground. Allah then caused the skies to
rain down stones of hard clay—each stone inscribed with the name of a transgressor for
whom it was intended for, ending the vain lives of the occupants of Sodom.

Prophet Lut, who left Sodom with his daughters, returned to his uncle, Prophet Ibrahim.
Together with Ibrahim, Lut continued to spread the message of Allah till his death.

Today, the Dead Sea lies at the site of the corrupt city of Sodom, and remains as a powerful
reminder of Allah’s wrath against the people of Prophet Lut. Allah the Exalted says in
the Holy Quran: “Surely! In this are signs for those who see. And verily! They (the cities) are
right on the highroad (from Mecca to Syria, i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now).
Surely! Therein is indeed a sign for the believers.