فَجَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَجَعَلۡنَاAnd We madefajaʿalnā
- عَٰلِيَهَاits highest (part)ʿāliyahā
- سَافِلَهَاits lowestsāfilahā
- وَأَمۡطَرۡنَاand We rainedwa-amṭarnā
- عَلَيۡهِمۡupon themʿalayhim
- حِجَارَةٗstonesḥijāratan
- مِّنofmin
- سِجِّيلٍbaked claysijjīlin
Tafsir
We turned their towns upside down and rained on them a shower of petrified clay.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran