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لُوط

Lut: meaning of the name

Boy Hebrew origin Lūṭ

ProphetIn the Quran

Name of the prophet Lut (Lot), who believed in Ibrahim and emigrated with him

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The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-’Ankabut 29:26.

Lut in Islam

A prophet, Lut is named twenty-seven times in the Quran. He believed in Ibrahim and emigrated with him (29:26), then was sent to a people whom he urged to give up their indecency (7:80); Allah saved him and his family, except his wife (11:81). The Prophet ﷺ said: “May Allah have mercy on Lut: he sought refuge with a strong support” (al-Bukhari 3372).

Meaning of the name Lut

Lut is the Arabic form of the Hebrew Lot, usually explained as “veil, covering”. Arab lexicographers class it among foreign names (like Nuh), even though an Arabic root l-w-ṭ, “to plaster, to cling”, exists. According to tradition, Lut was the nephew of Ibrahim. It is a prophet’s name that is rarely given.

In Arabic
لُوط لوط
Transliteration
Lūṭ
Gender
Boy
Origin
Hebrew

Is Lut in the Quran?

Yes: Lut is named in the Quran 27 times, in 14 surahs.

فَـَٔامَنَ لَهُۥ لُوطٌ وَقَالَ إِنِّى مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ۝٢٦

And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, "Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

Surah Al-’Ankabut, Verse 26

قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ ۝٨١

They [the angels] said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"

Surah Hud, Verse 81

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٨٠

And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds [i.e., peoples]?

Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 80

وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَٰسِقِينَ ۝٧٤

And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.

Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 74

23 other verses

In the hadiths

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3372

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than Abraham when he said, 'My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah) slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham) said: "Yes, but (I ask) in order to be stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may Allah send His…

نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ ‏‏‏{‏رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي‏}‏ وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 12 other versions

Is this name permissible?

No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Lut in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.

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Writing Lut in each language

French
Lout, Loth, Lut
English
Lut, Loot, Lot
Spanish
Lut
Turkish
Lut
Arabic
لُوط

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