The name is in Arabic
Lot, son of Haran, son of Terah (Azar), son of Nahor (nephew of Abraham, peace be upon him).
Title
Messenger of the people of Sodom.
Chronological order
A contemporary of his uncle Ibrahim, peace be upon him.
Mission location
The villages of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Dead Sea region (now the Dead Sea).
📜 Lineage and upbringing
Growing up: Lot, peace be upon him, grew up in the land of Babylon with his uncle Abraham, peace be upon him, and believed in his message.
Migration: He immigrated with Ibrahim and his wife Sarah from Iraq to the Levant.
His place of residence: After their arrival in the Levant, Lot settled in the region of Sodom in the land of Jordan, and God sent him to the people of those villages.
🕌 The invitation of Lot, peace be upon him, and his people
His people's indecency: The people of Lot were distinguished by an indecency that no one in the world had preceded them in, which was men having sexual intercourse with desire rather than women.
The beginning of the call: Lot, peace be upon him, began calling them to worship God alone, and forbade them from their heinous immorality: “Do you commit an immorality that no one of the worlds has preceded you with” (Al-A’raf: 80).
Continuing stubbornness: His people did not respond to him, but rather increased in their tyranny, accusing him of exaggerated righteousness (purification), and threatened him with expulsion from the village: “Expel the family of Lot from your village. They are people who purify themselves” (An-Naml: 56).
The weakness of Lot’s position: Lot, peace be upon him, felt weak before the tyranny of his people, and he prayed to God to grant him victory over them.
💥 Torment and destruction
Visit of angels: God sent angels in the form of beautiful young men to Abraham first, so they gave him good news of the birth of Isaac, and told him that they were going to destroy the people of Lot. Abraham tried to argue on their behalf, but the angels confirmed that the order of torment had been issued and would not be rejected.
The angels arrived to Lot: The angels arrived to Lot, peace be upon him, and he feared for them from his corrupt people, and hid them in his house.
The people’s attack: When the people learned that there were male guests in Lot’s house, they rushed to him, demanding that they be the guests for immorality. Lot begged them to leave his guests and bring their wives what was permissible, but they refused.
The command to leave: The angels revealed their identity to Lot, and ordered him and his family to leave the village at night (except his wife), warning him not to let any of them look back.
Lot's wife: Lot's wife was an infidel and sympathized with her people, so she turned back to see what was happening, and she was afflicted with torment along with the people.
Destruction of the villages: God sent upon them a severe punishment: heartbreak and stoning. God commanded Gabriel, peace be upon him, to raise the villages of Sodom and Gomorrah and those in them to the sky, then turn them upside down, and followed that with stones of shale (extremely hard fossilized clay) that descended on them until they wiped out everyone in them.
⌛ His age and death
His age: There is no definitive determination of his age in reliable sources, but it is concluded that he lived a long life, as he lived with his uncle Abraham, peace be upon him, for a long period.
Death: Lot, peace be upon him, died after the destruction of his people, and it is said that he joined his uncle Abraham in the Levant, but there is no definitive documentation of his burial place.
Note: The story of Lot, peace be upon him, is one of the most severe warning stories against committing deviant immoral acts and rejecting common sense.