فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ
Falammaa jaaa'a amrunaa ja'alnaa 'aaliyahaa saafilahaa wa amtamaa 'alaihaa hijaaratam min sijjeelim mandood
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]
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Lessons from past peoples
11:82Ayah 1123
48 ayahs in Hud are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples11:81The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you.Next on Lessons from past peoples →11:84And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him.
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So when Our command for their destruction came to pass We made their uppermost that is their cities the nethermost — when Gabriel raised them to the sky and dropped them upside down to the earth and We rained upon them stones of baked clay clay baked in fire one after another
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