Hiki tunachokiona hapa ni toleo fupi la historia ya Lutu na uamuzi wa watu wake wa kumfukuza katika mji wao kwa sababu alikemea desturi zao potovu za kingono. Kwa kujiingiza bila aibu katika ushoga, waliipotosha tabia ya asili ya binadamu ambayo Mungu aliiweka kwa binadamu wote, na kwa hakika kwa viumbe hai kwa ujumla.

What we have here is a summarized version of Lot’s history and the decision taken by his people to drive him out of their town because he denounced their perverted sexual practices. By so indulging unashamedly in homosexuality, they perverted human nature which God had installed in all human beings, and indeed in living species generally.

Hili lilikuwa jambo la ajabu katika historia ya jamii za binadamu. Upotovu unaweza kutokea kwa watu binafsi, kutokana na matatizo ya kisaikolojia au hali za muda, na kuwafanya wanaume kufanya tendo la ndoa na wanaume wengine. Hili hutokea zaidi katika kambi za jeshi ambako wanawake hawaruhusiwi, au magerezani ambako wafungwa hushikiliwa kwa muda mrefu, wakilazimika kukabiliana na tamaa za kimwili bila kuwasiliana na wanawake. Lakini kwa tabia kama hizi kuenea sana, na kuwa jambo la kawaida katika mji mzima, licha ya kuwepo kwa wanawake na fursa za ndoa, ni jambo la ajabu sana kweli.

This was a strange phenomenon in the history of human communities. Perversion can occur with individuals, as a result of psychological disorders or temporary circumstances, leading men to have sex with other men. This happens mostly in army barracks where women are not allowed, or in prisons where inmates are held for long periods of time, having to cope with sexual desires without contact with women. But for such practices to be widespread, becoming the norm in a whole town, and despite the presence of women and marriage possibilities, it is most peculiar indeed.

Mungu ameiumba tabia ya binadamu kwa namna ambayo jinsia mbili zinavutiana, kwa sababu maisha kwa ujumla yamejengwa juu ya ndoa. Anasema katika Qur’ān: “Ametakasika Yule aliyeumba majozi yote, katika vile vinavyootesha ardhi, na katika nafsi zao wenyewe, na katika vile wasivyovijua.” (36: 36) Hivyo basi viumbe hai vyote, mimea, wanyama, binadamu na viumbe vingine visivyojulikana kwa binadamu, vimeumbwa kwa jozi. Huu uwili unaonekana kuwa msingi katika muundo wa ulimwengu mzima, achilia mbali viumbe hai. Atomu yenyewe, ambayo hadi sasa inaonekana kuwa kitengo cha msingi cha viumbe vyote, ina protoni na elektroni, ambazo ni chaji chanya na hasi.

God has made human nature such that the two sexes are attracted to each other, because life in general is based on marriage. He says in the Qur’ān: “Limitless in His glory is He who has created all the pairs out of whatever the earth produces, and out of people’s own selves, and out of that which they have no knowledge.” (36: 36) Thus all living species, plant, animal, human and other creatures unknown to man, are created in pairs. Such duality seems fundamental in the make up of the entire universe, let alone living species. The atom itself, which until now seems to be the basic unit of all creatures, has protons and electrons, which are positive and negative charges.