Salam Mehedi
Apologize for the typo, the reference of the said ayat is 21:24.
The point is that the use of particle 'bal' does not reverse the idea expressed in the first part of the ayat. In the examples cited, for the idea expressed in the first part of the sentence, the reason/conclusion of the same was given in the 2nd part of the sentence after the use of particle 'bal'.
For example, in 2:100 أَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
The use of particle 'bal' does not negate the fact expressed before 'bal' that 'whenever they made a covenant, a party of them threw it aside'. The statement after 'bal' is giving a conclusion for the first part of the statement.
Similarly, for below ayahs:
7:80-81 وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ النِّسَاءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ
And Lut when he said to his people. "Do you commit lewdness such as no one in all worlds surpassed you in it."
"Verily you approach men with lusts instead of women, you are indeed a people of transgression."
The first part of the sentence in 7:81, is correct that the nation of Lut lusted after men instead of women, and 2nd part gives a conclusion that they were nation of transgressors.
If an individual is born with a different sexual orientation, then this is not his doing. He can be considered as a handicap of being able to lead a normal hetro-sexual life (the word handicap is not used as an insult, just to cite the example). His case could be considered as other handicaps who because of their particular disability cannot perform orders of God, such as salat/zakat/hajj etc.
Other than people genuinely born with this disability, for people to acquire this taste, is a transgression. Couple of observations regarding this topic:
1- likeliness of sexually transmitted diseases is more in homosexual communities than heterosexual communities
2- Extreme segregation in a society, or self imposed celibacy i.e abstinence of men from women, encourage the tendency.
Apologize for the typo, the reference of the said ayat is 21:24.
The point is that the use of particle 'bal' does not reverse the idea expressed in the first part of the ayat. In the examples cited, for the idea expressed in the first part of the sentence, the reason/conclusion of the same was given in the 2nd part of the sentence after the use of particle 'bal'.
For example, in 2:100 أَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
The use of particle 'bal' does not negate the fact expressed before 'bal' that 'whenever they made a covenant, a party of them threw it aside'. The statement after 'bal' is giving a conclusion for the first part of the statement.
Similarly, for below ayahs:
7:80-81 وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ النِّسَاءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ
And Lut when he said to his people. "Do you commit lewdness such as no one in all worlds surpassed you in it."
"Verily you approach men with lusts instead of women, you are indeed a people of transgression."
The first part of the sentence in 7:81, is correct that the nation of Lut lusted after men instead of women, and 2nd part gives a conclusion that they were nation of transgressors.
If an individual is born with a different sexual orientation, then this is not his doing. He can be considered as a handicap of being able to lead a normal hetro-sexual life (the word handicap is not used as an insult, just to cite the example). His case could be considered as other handicaps who because of their particular disability cannot perform orders of God, such as salat/zakat/hajj etc.
Other than people genuinely born with this disability, for people to acquire this taste, is a transgression. Couple of observations regarding this topic:
1- likeliness of sexually transmitted diseases is more in homosexual communities than heterosexual communities
2- Extreme segregation in a society, or self imposed celibacy i.e abstinence of men from women, encourage the tendency.