ماذا تفعل حين تكون الوحيد في مدينتك الذي يرى أن ما يفعله الناس خطأ؟ لا أحد معك، ولا أحد يسمعك، وأنت تعرف أنك على حقّ. في قصة اليوم نبيٌّ عاش هذا سنين، حتى قال جملة يفهمها كل من شعر بالوحدة.
أُرسل لوط عليه السلام إلى قرى تُسمّى المؤتفكات، وكان أهلها قد فعلوا فاحشةً لم يسبقهم إليها أحد من العالمين، وكانوا مع ذلك يقطعون السبيل ويأتون في مجالسهم المنكر. ولم يكن مع لوط أحد من قومه يؤيّده؛ لا عشيرة تحميه ولا جماعة تسنده. ﴿وَلُوطًا آتَيْنَاهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ الْخَبَائِثَ﴾.
قال لهم لوط: ﴿أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾، وذكّرهم ونصحهم وطال ذلك. وقال لهم: ﴿أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ﴾ — أما فيكم رجل واحد رشيد؟ فماذا كان جوابهم؟ ﴿وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ﴾. انظر إلى التهمة: أخرجوهم لأنهم يتطهّرون! صار نقاؤهم عيبًا يُطردون به.
ثم جاءت الملائكة إلى لوط في صورة ضيوف لا يعرفهم، فجاءه قومه يهرعون إليه يريدون ضيوفه، ووقف يدافع عنهم وحده. وهنا قال الجملة التي تدور عليها القصة: ﴿لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ﴾ — ليت لي بكم قوّة، أو ظهرًا قويًّا ألجأ إليه. قالها نبيٌّ. فهمّت الملائكة عندها أن تطمئنه: ﴿يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ﴾. كان يظنّ أنه بلا سند، والسند كان واقفًا في بيته.
فأُمر أن يخرج بأهله ليلًا ولا يلتفت منهم أحد. وخرج، إلا امرأته: ﴿إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ﴾ — كانت ممّن بقي، لأن قلبها كان مع القوم لا معه. ثم جعل الله عالي تلك القرى سافلها، وأمطر عليها حجارة من سجّيل. والذي كان بالأمس وحده بلا قوّة، خرج سالمًا؛ والذين كانوا كثرة، لم يبقَ منهم أحد.
يقول الله تعالى عن عقابهم: {فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ}.
إذا اجتمع الناس على الخطأ لم يصر الخطأ صوابًا، ولو كنتَ وحدك.
قال لوط: «لو أنّ لي بكم قوّة»، وهو نبيّ. هل مرّ بك موقف شعرتَ فيه أنك وحدك تمامًا؟ إلى من لجأت؟
إذا رأيت اليوم شيئًا تعرف أنه خطأ واشترك فيه الجميع، فلا تشترك فيه أنت — ويكفي أن تنصرف.
القرآن الكريم، هود: 77-83 والأعراف: 80-84 والحجر: 57-77
دعوته وعاقبة قومه وامرأته، كله بنص الآيات.
What do you do when you are the only one in your town who can see that what people are doing is wrong? No one with you, no one listening, and you know you are right. In today's story, a prophet lived that for years, until he said a sentence anyone who has felt alone will understand.
Lut, peace be upon him, was sent to towns whose people had committed an immorality no one before them in the worlds had committed, and who also cut off the road and did what was wrong openly in their gatherings. And Lut had no one among them supporting him; no clan to protect him and no group behind him. {And to Lut We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds.}
Lut said to them: {Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with among the worlds?} He reminded them and advised them, and it went on a long time. He said: {Is there not among you a man of reason?} And what was their answer? {And the answer of his people was only that they said, expel them from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure.} Look at the charge: expel them because they keep themselves clean. Their purity had become the fault they were driven out for.
Then the angels came to Lut as guests he did not recognise, and his people came rushing to him wanting his guests, and he stood defending them alone. And here he said the line the story turns on: {If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support.} If only I had strength against you, or a strong back to lean on. A prophet said that. And the angels moved to reassure him: {O Lut, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; they will never reach you.} He thought he had no support, and his support was standing inside his house.
He was told to leave with his family by night and that none of them should look back. He left — except his wife: {except his wife; she was of those who remained behind} — because her heart was with the people, not with him. Then Allah turned those towns upside down and rained on them stones of hard clay. The one who was alone and without strength walked out safe; and of the many, not one remained.
When everyone agrees on something wrong, it does not become right — even if you are the only one who says so.
Lut said "if only I had some power against you" — and he was a prophet. Has there been a time when you felt completely alone? Who did you turn to?
If you see something today that you know is wrong and everyone is joining in, do not join in — walking away is enough.
The Quran, Hud: 77-83, Al-A'raf: 80-84, Al-Hijr: 57-77
His call, the fate of his people and of his wife are all in the verses.