سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ
Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 74
فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿74﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down and rained down on them stones of baked clay.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَجَعَلْنَا
fajaʿalnā
And We made
عَـٰلِيَهَا
ʿāliyahā
its highest (part)
سَافِلَهَا
sāfilahā
its lowest
وَأَمْطَرْنَا
wa-amṭarnā
and We rained
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
upon them
حِجَارَةًۭ
ḥijāratan
stones
مِّن
min
of
سِجِّيلٍ
sijjīlin
baked clay
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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74. Then We turned that town upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay [38].
[38]
The Condition of the Destroyed Towns of the People of Lut:
These were a total of four towns in which there were four hundred thousand fighting men, and all of them were immoral and criminals. Jibreel ؑ lifted this entire region of land on his wings, then raised it high into the sky and hurled it down to the earth. Along with this, a tremendous sound of explosion was produced. Even then, Allah's wrath was not appeased, so a rain of stones was sent down upon that same region from above. As a result, this region of land sank 400 kilometers below sea level and water came over it. This very water is the Dead Sea or the Drowned Land of Lut.
[38]
The Condition of the Destroyed Towns of the People of Lut:
These were a total of four towns in which there were four hundred thousand fighting men, and all of them were immoral and criminals. Jibreel ؑ lifted this entire region of land on his wings, then raised it high into the sky and hurled it down to the earth. Along with this, a tremendous sound of explosion was produced. Even then, Allah's wrath was not appeased, so a rain of stones was sent down upon that same region from above. As a result, this region of land sank 400 kilometers below sea level and water came over it. This very water is the Dead Sea or the Drowned Land of Lut.
