Nimrod desired to kill Prophet Abrahamby throwing him into a fire, but he was saved by Allah Almighty. He then left Urfa accompanied by his nephew Lot towards Palestine. Hazrat Lot was assigned the mission of warning the people of Sodom.
....Allah Almighty says:
...."And (We sent) Lot when he said to his people: Most surely you are guilty of an indecency which none of the nations has ever done before you." (Ankaboot, 28)
....The people of Lot were depraved people; they practiced homosexuality. Hazrat Lot warned them to forgo such behavior. He said:
...."You are committing an indecent and erroneous act, homosexuality. None of the communities before you have before performed such an unnatural act that exceeds the limits preordained by Allah Almighty."
....Hazrat Lot was crying, begging, and admonishing them.
....Swamped in their unnatural desires, they committed this act publicly and amused themselves by observing others. They forgot what chastity, purity, and honor were. They followed their lower-selves in a way that is worse than any animal. This unnatural act could not last forever. Soon divine torture was to come.

The Angels of Torture Came
....Allah Almighty sent angels that were of such a magnificent beauty to the Earth. They reached the house of Lot and asked if they could stay with him. As Lot was not aware of the fact that these guests were angels, he was filled with trepidation, as he worried that his people would try to molest them. Soon, the news of the handsome youths spread throughout Sodom. They came to Lot's house and kept banging on the door, shouting that they wanted Lot to give them the guests. Lot was very angry, yet powerless, his face turned yellow. Seeing him in a state of helplessness and grief, the guests said:
...."O Lut! we are the messengers of your Lord; they shall by no means reach you; so remove your followers in a part of the night-- and let none of you turn back-- except your wife, for surely whatsoever befalls them shall befall her" (Hud, 81)
....On hearing this, Hazrat Lot was relieved. At that moment, the disbelievers broke down the door. One of the angels, Gabriel, shook his wing and was able to disperse the mob. They did not understand what had happened . They found themselves on the ground and blinded.
....The Destruction of the People of Lot
....Allah Almighty says:
...."So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of sunrise." (Hijr, 73)
....Our ancestors said: "A lot can happen before sunrise." And this is precisely what happened to the People of Lot. The terrific cry of Gabriel caused all the perverted people

of Lot to run out of their homes. They could not talk; rather they could merely stare at each other. A storm of stones rained on the city. The stones were very hot; they burned through whatever they touched. The people all ran away from their houses, yet, an earthquake rocked the town. It was as if a mighty power had lifted the entire city and flung it down in one jolt. Meanwhile, hot water gushed up from the ground as well as falling down from the sky. Everyone realized that this was the work of the ever-lasting and infinite power of Allah Almighty, yet, they had no place to go and no choice but death.
....And Allah Almighty says:
...."Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay." (Hijr, 74)
....Finally, the angels completed their mission by eliminating towns and rubbing out the names of the People of Lot from the face of the Earth.
....Allah Almighty says:
...."And We have left thereof (where the people of Lot had been destructed) an evident Sign, for any people who (care to) understand." (Ankaboot, 35)
....When the People of Lot were destroyed, their neighbors could not believe what they had seen nor the loud cries and wails that they had heard.
....Sodom, with its beautiful mountains, gardens, and vineyards, was gone. The rest was a great, dead lake, with an extraordinarily high salt content. This lake is now known as the Dead Sea. It lies on the border between Israel and Jordan. It measures 930 sq km in area and is 300 meters deep. 360 meters below sea level, no living organism can survive in the Dead Sea.