The Meaning of Lut s Offering His Girls to His Nation

In this article we will focus on Prophet Lut and the decency and innocence of his daughters as it is mentioned in Qur an. There have been claims that generated suspicion on the innoence of Prophet Lut one of which is about innocence of his daughters. A prophet s offering his daughters to a rogue nation have been mentioned twice in Qur an: Lut(11/78) and Hijr (15/71) and we will again focus on the verses of these two surahs. In another way, the basis of this article will be the desperation of a prophet vis a vis a nation that went rogue and his offering his daughters in a such a desperate situation. We will also emphasize different dimensions of the matter while we display the suspicions and concerns that are generated on the issue: starting with the context of the verse we will bring the position of women in that very society and the wife of Prophet Lut into consideration. We will also touch upon the slanders on Prophet Lut and his daughters expressed in both Old and New Testaments.