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وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

And ˹remember˺ when Lot scolded ˹the men of˺ his people, ˹saying,˺ “Do you commit a shameful deed that no man has ever done before?

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ ٨١

You lust after men instead of women! You are certainly transgressors.”

(7:80-81)

This podcast is a tough one. Some topics are taboo to discuss, and none more so than this. So I’ve decided to take a different approach. Rather than outline my own reflection, I invite you to consider the evidence yourself and ask; how would you interpret them? If you read the verses yourself, what would you conclude they say?

In the last podcast I wrote, I spoke about the scope for difference; the need to set out the parameters for the discussion, then allow for a scope for difference within them. This podcast is here to ask; what do you do if all interpretations and opinions say the same thing? What if you know definitively this is what God said and meant? What do you do if there is no scope for difference, as the parameters given are self evident?

The verse I recited is one of a handful within the Quran discussing the story of Prophet Lut. Other verses are found in surah An-Naml, Ash-shu’araa, Al-Ankabut, Hud and Al-Hijr (I’ve included these in the appendix to this podcast). Like all prophets, Lut was sent by Allah ﷻ to guide his people, addressing the issues within his society that prevented them from returning to God. Whilst every prophet shared common thre