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)
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فَلَمَّا So when falammā جَآءَ came jāa أَمۡرُنَا Our Command amrunā جَعَلۡنَا We made jaʿalnā عَٰلِيَهَا its upside ʿāliyahā سَافِلَهَا its downside sāfilahā وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا and We rained wa-amṭarnā عَلَيۡهَا upon them ʿalayhā حِجَارَةٗ stones ḥijāratan مِّن of min سِجِّيلٖ baked clay sijjīlin مَّنضُودٖ (in) layers manḍūdin 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
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