فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- 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]
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- எனவே (தண்டனை பற்றிய) நம் கட்டளை வந்துவிட்டபோது, நாம் (அவ்வூரின்) அதன் மேல்தட்டைக் கீழ்தட்டாக்கி விட்டோம்; இன்னும் அதன்மீது சடப்பட்ட செங்கற்களை மழைபோல் பொழியவைத்தோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අපගේ නියෝගය පැමිණි කල්හි අපි එය (ගම්මානය) උඩු යටිකුරු කළෙමු. තවද ඒ වෙත පිලිස්සුනු ගල්වරුසාවක් වැස්සවීමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پھر جب ہمارا حکم آپہنچا، ہم نے اس بستی کو زیر وزبر کر دیا اوپر کا حصہ نیچے کر دیا اور ان پر کنکریلے پتھر برسائے جو تہ بہ تہ تھے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- それでわが命令が下った時，われはそれ（町）を転覆し，その上にわれは幾重にも焼いた泥の石を雨と降らせた。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当我的命令降临的时候，我使那个市镇天翻地覆，我使预定的连续的陶石像雨点般地降落在他们身上。
Tafsir of 11:82
The Town of Lut's People is overturned and Their Destruction Allah, the Exalted, says, فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا (So when Our commandment came,) This happened at sunrise. جَعَلْنَا عَلِيَهَا (We turned it...) The city of Sadum (Sodom) سَافِلَهَا (upside down,) This is similar to Allah's statement, فَغَشَّهَا مَا غَشَّى (So there covered them that which did cover (torment with stones).)53:54 This means, "We rained upon it with stones made of Sijjil." Sijjil is a Persian word meaning stones made of clay. This definition has been mentioned by Ibn `Abbas and others. Some of the scholars said that it (Sijjil) derived from the word Sang, which means a stone. Some others said it means Wakil, which is clay. In another verse Allah says, حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ (the stones of clay,) This means clay made into strong, hard stone. Some of the scholars said it means baked clay. Al-Bukhari said, "Sijjil means that which is big and strong." Concerning Allah's statement, مَّنْضُودٍ (in an array. ) Some of the scholars said that Mandud means the stones were arranged in the heavens and prepared for that (destruction).…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
