[1][2] According to Islamic tradition, Lut was born to Haran and spent his younger years in Ur, later migrating to Canaan with his uncle Abraham.
[5] Like the Biblical narrative, the Qur'an states that Lut's messages were ignored by the inhabitants of the cities, and Sodom and Gomorrah were subsequently destroyed.
[clarification needed] Muslims maintain that Abraham's father was Aazar (Arabic: آزر, romanized: Āzar), which could be derived from the Syriac Athar,[6] who is known in the Hebrew Bible as Terah.
[7] The Qur'an states that one day, a group of angels visited Abraham as guests in the guise of men[8] in order to inform him of the fact that his wife Sarah was pregnant with Isaac.
[13][14] The Qur'an also draws upon Lot's wife as an "example for the unbelievers" as she was married to a righteous man but refused to believe in his message and was thus condemned to Hell.
[22] Distressed and fearful that they would incur the wrath of God, suggested rather lawful marriage to his daughters[23] as pious and purer alternatives to their unlawful wishes, and perhaps as a source of guidance.
[27] Keeping his faith in God, Lot left the cities in the darkness of night, bringing with him his followers and believing family members.
[30] Elsewhere in the Qur'an, Lut is mentioned alongside Ismael, Elisha and Jonah as men whom God favored above the nations (Arabic: ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ, romanized: al-'aalameen, lit.
[32] Because the Qur'an states that Lot berated his people for sexually pursuing men, in addition to attempting to assault strangers, the incident is traditionally seen as demonstrating Islam's disapproval of both rape and homosexuality.
The lintel of the mosque's northern gate is built from stones dating to the Byzantine era when a church had possibly stood at the site.
[36] To the southeast of Bani Na'im is a shrine dedicated to Lot, known as Maqam an-Nabi Yaqin (Arabic: مقام النبي يقين, lit.