Surah 37:136
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وَإِنَّ لُوطٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Surely Lot was indeed one of the envoys:
إِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
When We rescued him and his family – all (of them) –
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
except for an old woman among those who stayed behind.
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Then We destroyed the others.
وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ
Surely you indeed pass near them in the morning
وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ
and in the night. Will you not understand?
Allah tells us that He sent His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, to his people, and they denied him, so Allah saved him from among them, him and his family with the exception of his wife, who was destroyed along with her people. Allah destroyed them with different kinds of punishments, and made their vicinity a foul, stinking lake which is on a well-travelled route where people pass by night and day (i.e., the Dead Sea, which lays close to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah on the highway between Arabia and Syria). Allah says: "Verily, you pass by them in the morning. And at night; will you not then reflect?" meaning, 'will you not learn a lesson from them and how Allah destroyed them, and realize that a similar end awaits the disbelievers.'