Lut ibn Haran , known as
Lot in the
Old Testament, is a
prophet of
God in the
Quran. He also
appears in the Bible, but the biblical stories of Lot are not entirely accepted within
Islam. According to Islamic tradition, Lot lived in
Ur and was the son of
Haran and nephew of
Abraham. He migrated with Abraham to
Canaan. He was bestowed as a prophet to the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah. His story is used to demonstrate Islam's disapproval of
rape and
homosexuality. He was commanded by God to go to the land of Sodom and Gomorrah to preach to his people on
monotheism and to stop them from their lustful and violent acts. According to both the Quran and the
Hebrew Bible, Lot's messages were ignored by the inhabitants and Sodom and Gomorrah were subsequently destroyed. They cannot be exactly located, but it may be supposed that they were somewhere in the plain east of the
Dead Sea.