سدومConceptSodom in the QuranسدومHistory7Verses5Surahs14Connections#487of 828

Key Verses

1. 9:70At-TawbahWarning
   أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِهِمۡ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ قَوۡمِ نُوحٖ وَعَادٖ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوۡمِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَأَصۡحَٰبِ مَدۡيَنَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتِۚ أَتَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ
   Hath not the fame of those before them reached them - the folk of Noah, A'ad, Thamud, the folk of Abraham, the dwellers of Midian and the disasters (which befell them)? Their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). So Allah surely wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves.
   In context

   Have the hypocrites not heard of what previous disbelieving communities did and what their end was? The news of the people of Noah, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Abraham, the inhabitants of Madyan and the towns of the nation of Lot? Their messengers came to them with clear proof and evidence.

2. 11:82HudPromise
   فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا جَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ مَّنضُودٖ
   So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,
   In context

   When My command to destroy the people of Lot came, I turned their towns upside down by raising and overturning them together with the people; and I rained down on them stones of hard-layered baked clay that came down one after the other.

3. 15:68Al-HijrWarning
   قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيۡفِي فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ
   He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!
   In context

   Lot said to them: These people are my guests, so do not disgrace me by what you want with them.

4. 15:74Al-HijrCommand
   فَجَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
   And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay.
   In context

   We turned their towns upside down and rained on them a shower of petrified clay.

5. 53:53An-NajmConsolation
   وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ
   And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroyed
   In context

   He raised the villages of the people of Lot to the sky and then dropped them to ground.

6. 53:54An-NajmWarning
   فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
   So that there covered them that which did cover.
   In context

   He then covered them with stones after raising them to the sky and dropping them to the ground.

7. 69:9Al-HaqqahNarrative
   وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ
   And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
   In context

   Pharaoh and the nations before him, and the communities that were punished by being turned upside down i.e. the people of Lot, all committed wrong acts in ascribing partners with Allah and sins.