And Lût believed him. And he said: “I am emigrating to my Lord. He is the Mighty, the Wise.”
The verse comes right after Ibrâhîm's people tried to burn him. And one name answers: Lût (peace be upon him).
Ibn Kathîr writes that Lût was the son of Hârân, Ibrâhîm's brother. The Qur'an itself does not state the kinship.
And We saved him and Lût, toward the land We had blessed for the worlds.
They left their land together. In that rescue, the Qur'an names Lût right beside Ibrâhîm.
Later, Ibn Kathîr writes, Lût settled in a town called Sadûm, at Ibrâhîm's command and with his leave.
Allah honoured him: “To Lût We gave judgment and knowledge.”
“And We admitted him into Our mercy. He was of the righteous.”
He is named among the prophets Allah preferred over the worlds, and the Qur'an says: “Lût was among the messengers.”
Sadûm was the main town of its region, with villages around it. Ibn Kathîr calls its people among the worst of men.
The people of Lût denied the messengers,
when their brother Lût said to them: “Will you not fear Allah?”
The Qur'an calls him “their brother”, even toward a people who would reject him.
He went on: “I am to you a trustworthy messenger. So fear Allah and obey me.”
And he added: “I ask you no payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.”
When Ibrâhîm (peace be upon him) called his people, one man answered him.
Who was he, and where would that answer take him?
Lût's story begins with a yes, said beside Ibrâhîm, long before the town.
Tonight, choose one good you know you should do, and begin it before you sleep.