فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- பின்பு அவர்களுடைய ஊரை மேல் கீழாகப் புரட்டி விட்டோம்; இன்னும், அவர்கள் மேல் சுடப்பட்ட களிமண்ணாலான கற்களைப் பொழியச் செய்தோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එවිට අපි එහි උඩු තලය එහි යටි තලය බවට පත් කළෙමු. තවද අපි ඔවුන් වෙත රත් කරනු ලැබූ ගල් වර්ෂාවක් වැස්සවීමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- بالﺂخر ہم نے اس شہر کو اوپر تلے کر دیا اور ان لوگوں پر کنکر والے پتھر برسائے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われはその（町を）上を下にして転覆し，焼いた泥の石をかれらの上に降らせた。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我使那个市镇天翻地覆，并使陶石像雨点般降落在他们身上。
Tafsir of 15:74
The Destruction of the People of Lut Allah said; فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ (So the Sayhah overtook them) This is the piercing sound that came to them when the sun rose, which was accompanied by the city being flipped upside down, and stones of baked clay (As-Sijjil) raining down upon them. The discussion of As-Sijjil in Surah Hud is a sufficient explanation. Allah said: إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لآيَتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ (Surely, in this are signs for those who see.) meaning that the traces of the destruction of that city are easily visible to any one who ponder about it, whether they look at it with physical eyesight or mental and spiritual insight, as Mujahid said concerning the phrase, لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ (those who see) he said, "those who have insight and discernment." It was reported from Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak that it referred to those who look. Qatadah said: "those who learn lessons". لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ (those who see) therefore the meaning is "those who ponder".…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
