سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 173

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 374

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ﴿173﴾
And We rained on them a rain (of torment). And how evil was the rain of those who had been warned!
وَأَمْطَرْنَا wa-amṭarnā And We rained
عَلَيْهِم ʿalayhim upon them
مَّطَرًۭا ۖ maṭaran a rain
فَسَآءَ fasāa and evil was
مَطَرُ maṭaru (was) the rain
ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ l-mundharīna (on) those who were warned

Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The tafsir of this verse may be read with the following verses.

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1. That is, we destroyed them with a rain of marked stones of baked clay and their towns were turned upside down upon them, as mentioned in Surah Hud, 82-83.

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And We sent upon them a (special) rain. How evil was the rain that was sent down upon those who had been warned [103].

[103] The details of how the punishment came upon this wretched nation have already been mentioned in Surah Al-A'raf, verse 184, Surah At-Tawbah, verse 70, Surah Hud, verse 83, and Surah Al-Hijr, verse 73. Their footnotes may be consulted.