Where does it say that the angels sent to Prophet Lut appeared like handsome young boys?
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I've seen this claim repeatedly, so it's probably correct:
> Then **two angels in the disguise of handsome young boys came to Lot**, who became distressed knowing the character of the people, and feeling himself powerless to protect the visitors; he said, "This is a distressful day." -- Lot in Islam , Wikipedia
The same claim is repeated at these sites: IslamWeb , Noor-i-Islam (pdf ), IslamicLandmarks , Islam101 , QuestionsOnIslam , although some say "young men" instead of "young boys".
**Question**: Where does it say that the angels sent to Prophet Lut appeared like handsome young boys?
Wikipedia's (broken) link is for Qur'an 11:77 ; this ayah does not describe the angels as "handsome young boys" (although one of the translations there [Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri] repeats the "handsome" part of the claim). Googling
site:quran.com handsome
, site:quran.com lut boys
, and site:sunnah.com lut handsome
doesn't seem to work. Using the search function on Quran.com (e.g. handsome young men
didn't yield anything relevant either.
Asked by Rebecca J. Stones
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Oct 21, 2016, 01:50 AM
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