Prophets Loot and Shuaib (عليهما السلام)

Prophet Loot (عليه السلام) was the nephew of Ibrahim (عليه السلام). He was sent to the people of Sodom who were reported to be notorious as they used to way laid travellers, rob and kill them. In addition, most of them were homosexuals and bisexuals.

Prophet Loot (عليه السلام) called his people towards Allah (عَزَّ وَجَلَّ) and advised them to shun sodomy as it is not allowed by their Creator. Loot’s (عليه السلام) advice did not have the desired effect and they threatened to drive him and his followers out of their territory.

Prophet Shuaib (عليه السلام) was sent to the people of Aiyka (wood-dwellers) who lived near Madian. They were Arabs. The Madian region consisted of the territory north-west of Hijaz and south of Palestine on the coast of the Red Sea. Part of Madian stretched to the northern border of Sinai Peninsula.

At the time of the advent of Shuaib (عليه السلام), the people of Madian suffered from two major evils, polytheism, and dishonesty in business dealings. When they persisted in their wrong doings, they were subjected to Allah’s punishment.

This course provides information about these two great prophets of Islam.