Surah Ash-Shu'araa

Chapter 26 · Verse 166 · Revealed in Makkah

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

Lut's Denunciation of His People's Deeds, Their Response and Their Punishment

The Prophet of Allah forbade them from committing evil deeds and intercourse with males, and he taught them that they should have intercourse with their wives whom Allah had created for them. Their response was only to say:

لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يلُوطُ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

Commentary

Unnatural act is unlawful even with one's own wife

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