Key Verses

1. 11:70HudWarning
   فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيۡهِ نَكِرَهُمۡ وَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۚ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِ لُوطٖ
   And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the folk of Lot.
   In context

   But when Abraham saw that their hands did not reach out for the calf and that they were not eating it, he was confused by them, and felt fear of them. When the angels saw his fear of them, they told him not to be afraid, and that they had been sent by Allah to the people of Lot to give them their punishment.

2. 11:74HudCommand
   فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنۡ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوۡعُ وَجَآءَتۡهُ ٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ يُجَٰدِلُنَا فِي قَوۡمِ لُوطٍ
   And when the awe departed from Abraham, and the glad news reached him, he pleaded with Us on behalf of the folk of Lot.
   In context

   After the departure of the fear that Abraham (peace be upon him) had felt because of his guests not eating his food, the discovery that the guests were angels, and receiving the joyous news that he would have Isaac, who would have Jacob, he then started to debate with the messengers about the people of Lot, asking that the punishment for them be delayed, and that Lot and his family be saved.

3. 11:89Hud
   وَيَٰقَوۡمِ لَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شِقَاقِيٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثۡلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوۡمَ نُوحٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ هُودٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ صَٰلِحٖۚ وَمَا قَوۡمُ لُوطٖ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٖ
   And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that there befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of Hud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from you.
   In context

   He continued: O my people, do not let your hatred for me make you deny what I have brought. You should fear that you will suffer like the people of Noah, the people of Hūd or the people of Ṣāliḥ. The people of Lot are not far from you, in time nor place. You know what happened to them, so take a lesson from that.

4. 22:43Al-HajjCommand
   وَقَوۡمُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَقَوۡمُ لُوطٖ
   And the folk of Abraham and the folk of Lot;
   In context

   The people of Abraham rejected Abraham and the people of Lot rejected Lot.

5. 26:160Ash-ShuaraCommand
   كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
   The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
   In context

   The people of Lut disbelieved in all the messengers by their rejection of Lut (peace be upon him).

6. 38:13SadWarning
   وَثَمُودُ وَقَوۡمُ لُوطٖ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ
   And (the tribe of) Thamud, and the folk of Lot, and the dwellers in the wood: these were the factions.
   In context

   And Thamud, the people of Lot and the people of Shu’ayb denied. Those are the groups who were all united in their denial of the messengers and disbelief of what they brought.

7. 54:33Al-QamarWarning
   كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
   The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
   In context

   The people of Lot denied what their messenger, Lot (peace be upon him) warned them about.