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Lut (Lot)

لوط

Ibrahim's nephew: 'may God have mercy on Lut — he sheltered at a mighty pillar' 1.

Depth

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Prophets

Place in the story

  • ProphetScriptural

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Lut, nephew of Ibrahim and prophet to his people, as the sources report. 2

In the hadith

Al-Bukhari relates that the Prophet ﷺ said: "May God have mercy on Lut; he used to take refuge in a strong pillar." 1

The detail of his story needs sources beyond those mentioned here.

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Related to
Ibrahim (Abraham)

People and things also explored

The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· Ibrahim's journeys to Mecca· The Command to Sacrifice Ismail· Ishaq (Isaac)· Ismail (Ishmael)· Sarah· The Kaaba· The Settlement of Hajar and Ismail at Mecca

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3387
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari
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islam.museum contributors. “Lut (Lot)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/lut/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations

On the third recorded journey, Ibrahim finds Ismail sharpening arrows beneath a tree by Zamzam; together the aged father and the grown son raise the foundations of the House, and Ibrahim calls mankind to the pilgrimage as commanded.