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Hud 82

Ayah 82 of 123 · Meccan

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا جَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ مَّنضُودٖ ٨٢

So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. جَآءَcamejāa
  3. أَمۡرُنَاOur Commandamrunā
  4. جَعَلۡنَاWe madejaʿalnā
  5. عَٰلِيَهَاits upsideʿāliyahā
  6. سَافِلَهَاits downsidesāfilahā
  7. وَأَمۡطَرۡنَاand We rainedwa-amṭarnā
  8. عَلَيۡهَاupon themʿalayhā
  9. حِجَارَةٗstonesḥijāratan
  10. مِّنofmin
  11. سِجِّيلٖbaked claysijjīlin
  12. مَّنضُودٖ(in) layersmanḍūdin

Tafsir

When My command to destroy the people of Lot came, I turned their towns upside down by raising and overturning them together with the people; and I rained down on them stones of hard-layered baked clay that came down one after the other.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran