Binson, D., Michaels, S., Stall, R., Coates, T.The sexual behavior of men in the United States. These numbers are based on many scientific studies: Scientifically it is highly unlikely that all the men in Lut's city, Sodom, would be homosexuals, as homosexuality exists only in low percentages, from 2-7%. These are however almost wholly unsupported by the findings of modern scientific study into the nature of homosexuality in human males: The narrative of the Qur'an makes a number of objective claims about the origins and nature of homosexuality in human beings. Quran 11:78 The Origins and Nature of Homosexuality: Comparison to Modern Scientific Study and Research The outline of the story is in some ways similar to the biblical original, but the story has some salient points which mark its importance in Islamic theology and separate it from its biblical progenitor: In their drunkenness and blindness Lut is able to escape, and Allah destroys the cities with brimstone. Whatever the nature of Lut's offer was, they rejected it. But these claims have no basis in the Quran or the Sunnah. Quran exegetes claim this offer was in lawful Islamic marriage and that Lut meant by "my daughters" the daughters of his nation. The wicked people of Lut's cities then also show up at his house, demanding to rape the angels they believe are foreigners. They bring him tidings of the destruction of the twin cities. They repeatedly rejected his message and threatened him, until angels from Allah turned up at Lut's house. According to the Qur'an, Lut was a righteous prophet who was sent to preach the word of Allah to the sinful people of Sodom and Gomorrah. The story of Lut is told in many different places in the Qur'an, which can be read here. 4.1 Lut's wife was complicit with his people.2.1 Homosexuality exists in low percentages. ![]() ![]() 2 The Origins and Nature of Homosexuality: Comparison to Modern Scientific Study and Research.Although the loss of the point of the original story is striking in the Qur'anic text, and the tasfirs which evolved surrounding it, which also build out the story by clarifying that the women of Sodom and Gomorrah were also homosexuals and thus also deserved to be destroyed, the transformation of the story of Lot into a condemnation of homosexuality is not without precedent: witness the English slur "sodomite", pointing like the Arabic لوطي "luti" to the sin of the people of Lot within the English-speaking Christian tradition. The story of Lut in the Qur'an represents its apotheosis in all of the traditions in which it is found: by the 7th century, the original story of Lot, the single righteous man of Sodom who protected his guests even at the cost of his own begotten daughters virginity, has evolved into a tale simply demonizing homosexuality. Inter alia, the Qur'anic rendition links the destruction of Sodom specifically to the homosexual activities of its inhabitants, whereas in the Hebrew original, although there is an attempted rape of the male angels sent to Lot's house by the men of the city, the main sin of Lot's people is the inhospitable conduct towards these visitors, not the fact that they wanted to engage in (forced) homosexual relations with them. The story of Lut (لوط, Lūṭ, לוֹט "Lot" in the Hebrew tradition) from the Hebrew Bible, is also to be found in the Qur'an, albeit retold with a few differences.
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