Josephus also recounts that when angels came to Sodom to find good men they were instead greeted by rapists: [7]. A notable difference is seen in Whiston's classic translation, in which part of v. Josephus proceeds to describe says how beautiful Sodom was, and how rich the towns were in the area, in contrast with the results of its destruction. Philo of Alexandria c.
The land of the Sodomites, a part of Canaan afterwards called Palestinian Syria, was brimful of innumerable iniquities, particularly such as arise from gluttony and lewdness, and multiplied and enlarged every other possible pleasure with so formidable a menace that it had at last been condemned by the Judge of All…Incapable of bearing such satiety, plunging like cattle, they threw off from their necks the law of nature and applied themselves to…forbidden forms of intercourse.
Not only in their mad lust for women did they violate the marriages of their neighbors, but also men mounted males without respect for the sex nature which the active partner shares with the passive; and so when they tried to beget children they were discovered to be incapable of any but a sterile seed.
Yet the discovery availed them not, so much stronger was the force of the lust which mastered them. Then, as little by little they accustomed those who were by nature men to submit to play the part of women, they saddled them with the formidable curse of a female disease.
For not only did they emasculate their bodies by luxury and voluptuousness but they worked a further degeneration in their souls and, as far as in them lay, were corrupting the whole of mankind. There are two prevailing views of the sin of Sodom in Christian thought. The contention between the two positions primarily focuses upon the meaning of the word know , in verse Countering this is the observation that one of the examples of "know" meaning to know sexually occurs only three verses later in the same narrative:.
This reference to "going after strange flesh" is understood as possibly referring to sex with strangers, sex outside of wedlock , or possibly something akin to bestiality. Countering this, it is pointed out that Genesis 6 refers to angels seeking women, not men seeking angels, and that both Sodom, and Gomorrah were engaging the sin Jude describes before the angelic visitation, and that in any case, it is doubtful that the Sodomites knew they were angels.
In addition, it is argued the word used in the KJV for "strange," can mean unlawful or corrupted Rm. Both the non-sexual and the homosexuality view invoke certain classical writings as well as other portions of the Bible. In a 16th century depiction by Lucas Van Leyden , a drunken Lot embraces his daughter while Sodom burns in the distance, though nowhere in the biblical text is any sexual advance by Lot evidenced.
Here the non-sexual view focuses on the inhospitality aspect, while the other notes the description detestable or abomination , the Hebrew word for which often denotes moral sins, including those of a sexual nature.
In the Gospel of Matthew and corresponding verse when Jesus warns of a worse judgment for some cities than Sodom, inhospitality is perceived by some as the sin, while others see it as foundationally being impenitence:. The non-sexual view focuses on the cultural importance of hospitality, which this biblical story shares with other ancient civilizations, such as Greece and Rome , where hospitality was of singular importance and strangers were under the protection of the gods.
The conservative position does not deny this important cultural aspect, but tends to see the refusal to repent as being the main issue behind Jesus condemnation, with this being causative of the particular inhospitality shown by the cities Jesus referred to.
In addition, they see the information regarding Sodom as best indicating that forced perverse sex was the specific means of inhospitality, and the primary physical sin of Sodom. According to the Qur'an , Lot was sent as a prophet to warn his people that is, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to turn from their evil acts.
The story appears in the sura Hud , the 11th chapter of the Qur'an ; the major focus of Hud is stories of prophets sent to warn their countries to worship only God , and God punishing the nations afterward.
The Qur'an does not go into great detail about Lot's people, assuming that readers are familiar with the background story. Lot offers them his daughters in marriage, unlike the Christian tradition, which refers only of sexual intercourse, but they respond with disinterest and say that Lot "knows what we want.
The 7th sura, Al-A'raf , confirms that like the biblical account, the Islamic Sodom and Gomorrah is referring to homosexuality and specifically homosexual rape.
Since Lot is referred to as a prophet of God, [26] and Islamic prophets are considered to never break God's law, Lot would not have had such an incestuous relationship. This is also in the cases of people like David, who is considered in Christianity to have committed adultery with Bethsheeba.
This is implicitly denied in Islam, some more include that Noah, according to Christianity was a drunkard. Islam completely denies this. In Islam, the Prophets, all the way from Adam, to Muhammad were without fault. They were without fault because they were the role models of normal people to follow. If they committed adultery, drank alcohol, or had incestuous relationships, the normal people would have seen that as being acceptable acts, and would have done it themselves too.
To protect from this, Islam staunchly denies any faults in Prophets, and raises them in ranks above normal people. The historical existence of Sodom and Gomorrah is still in dispute by archaeologists. The Bible indicates they were located near the Dead Sea Genesis , , Strabo states that locals living near Moasada as opposed to Masada say that "there were once thirteen inhabited cities in that region of which Sodom was the metropolis".
Strabo identifies a limestone and salt hill at the south western tip of the Dead Sea, and Kharbet Usdum ruins nearby as the site of biblical Sodom. Steven Collins, amongst other archaeologists, now believes Sodom was located at the northern end of the Dead Sea, possibly at Tell El-Hammam, where a three-foot destruction layer may connect to the biblical story. Archibald Sayce translated an Akkadian poem describing cities that were destroyed in a rain of fire, written from the view of a person who escaped the destruction; the names of the cities are not given.
However, the traditional explanation for the use of retronyms in ancient historical literature is that it is retroactive nomenclature. The name Sodom could likewise be a word from an early Semitic language ultimately related to the Arabic sadama , meaning "fasten", "fortify", "strengthen", and Gomorrah could be based on the root gh m r , which means "be deep", "copious water ".
In Giovanni Pettinato claimed that a cuneiform tablet that had been found in the newly discovered library at Ebla contained the names of all five of the Cities of the Plain Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Bela , listed in the same order as in Genesis. The names si-da-mu [TM. Sodom and Gomorra. And of his kingdom there shall be no end. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
In Luke, Mary is betrothed to Joseph but the Quran never mentions any man. In the Bible, no such conversation happens but Joseph knows that people are thinking this. The Quran states in the chapter named after Mary, verse 16— In the Book, tell the story of Maryam, when she went away from her family for Prayer to a place in the East. She placed a screen to hide herself from them; Then We sent to her Our angel, and he appeared before her in the form of a man of respect in every way.
If I had died before this! If I was a thing forgotten and not seen! Because your Lord has made a stream underneath you; And shake towards yourself the trunk of the palm tree: It will drop fresh ripe dates upon you. So eat and drink and cool wet your eye. Truly an amazing thing have you brought!
O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an adulterous man, and your mother was not an immoral woman! It is not suited for Almighty Allah that He should father a son. Glory to Him! Translation: Syed Vickar Ahamed, Reference is made to him several more times.
In the Quran Jesus is said to have created a bird out of clay and blown life into it; this is normally considered a later legend by Christians, not historical, coming from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, 2nd century and he is also said to have spoken as an infant in the cradle to defend his mother from the false accusations of fornication.
The Quran rejects the Christian view of Jesus, specifically his divinity. Somewhat surprisingly, the Quran also denies the crucifixion Sura According to the Quran, Jesus did not ask to be worshipped and Jesus asked people to worship God.
In the Bible, Jesus waited for people to discover who he was John —9. The Quran and Bible have over 50 people in common, typically in the same narratives. The Quran identifies Enoch and Ishmael as prophets , but they are never given a story. In the Bible, all these men are identified as righteous people but not prophets — except Ishmael who is not written of favorably.
There is also one person mentioned in the Quran, Dhul-Qarnayn , who is not mentioned in the Bible by that name but whose story is similar to stories about Cyrus the Great as mentioned in other Jewish and Christian writings see Cyrus the Great in the Quran. The Quran tells the story of a calf while Moses is gone. A verse in Hosea —6 contains the same content as Ta-Ha In his commentary, Yusuf Ali claims that the Samari is not a Samaritan. In Arabic, both the names Mary and Miriam are called Maryam.
Mary, mother of Jesus , is the only female to have her name mentioned in the Quran. While speaking about Mary, the mother of Jesus, the Quran also calls her as the sister of Aaron. There is another Aaron in the Bible, namely Aaron the brother of Moses, who also had a sister Miriam. According to Muslim interpreters, this Aaron is different from the brother of Moses.
Moses and Jesus were separated far apart in time, but it was a tradition to give people the names of prophets and pious persons who lived before them as mentioned in the following hadeeth:. She dedicated him to God by letting him live with Eli the prophet and priest.
Mary then lives in the household of Zechariah the prophet. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. There are several differences between the Quran and Bible: In the Quran, Lot is described a prophet, like his uncle Abraham.
In Genesis Genesis —29 , Lot is not described as a prophet. In the New Testament, 2 Peter ,8 Peter the Apostle describes Lot as a righteous man who was daily tormented by the lawless deeds he saw in Sodom.
In Genesis, God agrees to spare Sodom if just ten righteous men can be found there but they are not found. In the Quran, God commands Abraham not to ask for mercy on them. In the Quran, there is no mention of her leaving; rather Lot and his followers were commanded by the angels not to turn, but Lot is informed that his wife will turn and look behind quran hud , and thus be destroyed with the rest of the two cities.
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For other uses, see Lut disambiguation. And Lot, who said to his nation: 'Do you commit such indecency sodomy in a way that no one has preceded you in the worlds? They shall not reach you! So Jibreel took out their eyes, and they turned back feeling for each other until they exited to those who were at the gate. They said: We have come back to you from the ablest of magicians who has taken out our sights. So they returned feeling for each other until they entered the village.
So the village was lifted up when a part of the night had passed until it was between the sky and the ground, such that the inhabitants could hear the sounds of the birds in the sky. Then it was turned upside down and stones were rained down upon them, and whoever was pelted by the stones was killed, and whoever fled the township, the stones would follow and kill him. So there remained none of his daughters, except one. The Angels came to him in the form of youth with handsome faces.
Loot hosted them but he feared for them that his people may become obscene with them. He thought that these were handsome guests who had come to this township, unaware of its reality — they were unknown to the people and did not have their wicked habits and were not corrupt.
So when these guests entered the house of Loot, all the people came and gathered at one time at the house of Loot intending to violate the guests and to entice them into obscene acts. So the Prophet Loot was constricted and felt the impending harm and he feared for the welfare of his guests. He wished he had the power and strength that would aid him against his people. Upon that Jibreel informed him of the reality of their purpose, that they were Messengers of Allah — and these foolish and lowly people had no ability to harm them or to reach them.
So Jibreel struck them with his wing and he took out their eyes. So they fled in terror. They reached Loot when it was the time for sunset. Loot feared that if he did not host them, others would. He did not know they were Angels so he treated them as humans. They asked him to host them and felt ashamed to refuse their request.
He walked in front of them to his house and tried to hint to them that they should not come to this town and go to another instead. I have never known a people on earth more wicked than those of this town.
The angels were instructed not to destroy them until their Prophet witnessed against them. Suddee said that when they reached the river of Sodom, they met the daughters of Loot and they asked them if there was any shelter. They told them to wait there and then rushed to their father to tell him that there were handsome men at the gate of the town and to do whatever he could to protect them from the harm of the people of the town.
Ibn Katheer said that it was the wife of Loot who rushed off to the people of the town and informed them of the arrival of some handsome youths, with looks she had never seen before. She was in alliance with the sinners. Upon that the people came rushing:. This is an example of the latter-day biblical distortions. So, they were so deeply indulged in their lusts of desiring men that when their Prophet guided them to the correct way of satisfying their sexual desires through marriage with his daughters and the daughters of the town, they replied:.
He said, bring me a knife and I shall cut him into two so you can take a portion each, knowing full well that it would not be done, and they would not agree to that. So this is similar to that. That is because a Prophet of Allah would not allow the marriage of his daughters except to believing men who worshipped Allah alone and were righteous.
You must leave O Loot with your family. So travel with your family in a part of the night, and let not any of you look back, but your wife will remain behind , verily, the punishment which will afflict them, will afflict her.
Indeed, morning is their appointed time.
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