He punishes whom He wills and has mercy on whom He wills. And to Him you are to be turned back.

And you are not (able) to frustrate (Allah) neither in the earth nor in the sky. And, apart from Allah, you have neither a protector nor a helper.

And those who deny the signs of Allah and meeting with Him, those will despair of My mercy, and those are the ones for whom there is a painful punishment.

So, the response of his (Ibrahim's) people was none but that they said, "Kill him" or 'Burn him". So Allah saved him from the fire. Surely in this there are signs for a people who believe.

And he (Ibrahim) said, "You have taken to idols instead of Allah, only because of love (you have) with each other in the worldly life. Then on the Day of Judgment you will reject each other and will curse one another. And your abode is the Fire, and you will have no helpers."

So Lut believed in him and he (Ibrahim) said, "I am going to leave my homeland towards my Lord. Surely He is the Mighty, the Wise.

And We granted him Ishaque and Ya` qub and assigned to his progeny prophethood and book, and gave him his reward in the world; and of course he, in the Hereafter, is one of the righteous.

And (We sent) Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) when he said to his people, "Indeed you commit the shameful act that no one in the worlds has ever preceded you in it.

Is it (not) a fact that you go for men (to satisfy your lust) and rob the wayfarer and commit evil in your gathering?" So the answer of his people was none but that they said, "Bring us Allah's punishment, if you are one of the truthful."

He said, "My Lord, help me against the people who make mischief."