The Spider
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[29:26]
Thereupon [his brother’s son] Lot came to believe in him and said: "Verily, I [too] shall forsake the domain of evil [and turn] to my Sustainer: for, verily, He alone is almighty, truly wise!"

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* v.26 : For an explanation of the concept of hijrah and of my above rendering of the term muhājir, see sūrah 2, note 203, and sūrah 4, note 124. In the present instance this term is obviously used in both its physical and spiritual senses, analogous to the earlier allusion (in 19:48-49) to Abraham’s “withdrawal” (i‘tizāl) from his evil, native environment and to his physical migration to Harrān (in northern Mesopotamia), and thence to Syria and Palestine. The story of Lot (Lūt) is mentioned in the Qur’ān several times, and particularly in 11:69-83.