Homosexuality

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

The Qur’aan unequivocally condemns homosexuality as a fahishah (indecency, obscenity). If it is indulged in, in privacy, between two consulting adults, human society cannot mete out any punishment to them, but in modern societies, there is an increasingly on-going move to decriminalize even public display of this divinely proclaimed obscenity. The people to whom Prophet Lot (Loot) was sent during ancient times, were the first to indulge in this publicly; and for that public display, Allah Almighty annihilated them completely except for Lot and some of his immediate family. HE has warned future generations against such public display of homosexuality by leaving behind some remains of their annihilated habitations. Please see an extract from Chapter 29 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir, in this context:

35. Walaqad tarakna minha ayatan bayyinatan liqawmin yaAAqiloona

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35. And verily We have left thereof a manifest sign⁵ for a people who reflect.

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5. Watch the YouTube video. It is based on Biblical narratives, but it does confirm this Qur’aanic assertion.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 8^th of September 2017.