Where is Sodom located?

Sodom

Sodom or the city of sin, or the village of the people of Lot is one of the ancient and historical villages that were mentioned in the Old Testament and the Holy Qur’an, and God destroyed it and destroyed it, because of the corruption of its people and their practice of homosexuality, and this story was mentioned in the Jewish religion as it was mentioned in the Old Testament of the Torah , and in the Holy Qur’an, and its likely date is between 3500 BC to 1540 BC, and in this article we will mention its location and some information about it.

Where is Sodom located?

The village of Sodom is located, according to popular beliefs, on the banks of the southern side of the Dead Sea, and it was said that the Dead Sea region was subjected to a strong earthquake that led to the outbreak of a huge fire in it.

The story of Sodom

The Prophet Lot was born in the same year in which the Prophet Ibrahim was born, and God Almighty sent him to his people to guide them and guide them to the straight path, as they were practicing homosexuality among themselves, so he asked them to quit and stay away from practicing such actions, as he warned them of God’s punishment for them, but they lied to him.

The Prophet Lot turned to God to ask for help, so he sent him two angels in the form of two men, and while they passed by the Prophet Abraham before they reached the Prophet Lot, they gave him the good news that his wife would give birth to a son, and they also explained the reason for sending them to the people of Lot, and the two men reached the Prophet Lot, And they sat in his house and talked with him, and in the meantime his people knew that he was hosting guests in his house, so they caused harm and harm to them, and they surrounded his house as soon as they left.

The Prophet Lot feared for the two men, so he addressed his people and asked them to stop harming his guests, but they did not respond to him, and the next morning the village was destroyed by a devastating and fatal disaster, which destroyed all the people, including Lot's wife, and it was stated in the Old Testament that the Prophet Lot emigrated with The Prophet Ibrahim, after the destruction of the village of Sodom and its erasure from the face of the earth.

Discover the village of Sodom

The village of Sodom was discovered on the fifteenth of October of the year 2015 AD, when American scientists announced the discovery of the remains of a town dating back to the Bronze Age. The excavations lasted about ten years, from 2005 AD to 2015 AD.