Hud 82-83

Hud 82-83

82- WHEN OUR COMMAND CAME, WE TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN, AND WE RAINED IT WITH HARD STONES, COMING DOWN IN RAPID SUCCESSION.

83- MARKED BY YOU LORD AND IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE TRANSGRESSORS.

When Allah’s command came to destroy Sodom and the other villages around it which practiced homosexuality, Allah the Highest turned them upside down.  Allah the Highest also rained Sodom and the other villages with a shower of stones in rapid succession.  The stones were made of baked clay and each was marked with the name of the person it was meant to hit and kill.  Each stone killed the transgressor it was aimed at in one strike.

Such is the punishment for this crime, and its penalty in Islam is the same, for Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Whoever you see doing the deed of the people of Lute, kill he who does it and whoever it is being done to”. (D: Hodoud; 29)

This applies to a man who is married or has never been married.

We note that this is considered to be worse than ordinary adultery which happens between a man and a woman, because it is adultery to which is added:-

1. Perversion of the normal sexual practices.

2. Men being interested sexually in men instead of women, which means that women will be left unmarried, with the resulting social problems, infidelity, and female homosexuality.

3. The spread of sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS and Syphilis.  Such diseases spread more among homosexuals as they tend to have many more sexual partners than heterosexuals.

Therefore we see that the spread of homosexuality in the society adversely affects the whole society, men and women and not only those practicing this act.