So when the decreed moment arrived, We turned the habitations upside down, and rained upon them stones of hardened lava in quick succession,
So when Our command came, We turned that township upside down and showered it continuously with stones of fired clay.
So when Our command came, We turned it uppermost nethermost, and rained on it stones of baked clay, one on another,
And so, when Our judgment came to pass, We turned those [sinful towns] upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained. one upon another,
Then when Our decree came to pass, We turned the upside thereof downward, and We rained thereon stones of baked clay, piled up.
So when Our Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, piled up;
And when Our command came about, We turned it upside down, and We rained down on it stones of baked clay.
And when Our command came to pass, We turned the town upside down, and rained on it stones of baked clay, one on another,
So when Our commandment came, We turned them upside down, and rained on them stones of clay, in an array.
So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,
So when Our edict came, We made its topmost part its nethermost, and We rained on it stones of laminar shale,
And when Our command came, We turned it upside down, and rained on it, stone after stone of baked clay,
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]
When Our decree came to pass, We turned the town upside-down and showered unto it lumps of baked clay,
So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down and rained down upon them stones, of what had been decreed, one after another.
Falamm<u>a</u> j<u>a</u>a amrun<u>a</u> jaAAaln<u>a</u> AA<u>a</u>liyah<u>a</u> s<u>a</u>filah<u>a</u> waam<u>t</u>arn<u>a</u> AAalayh<u>a</u> <u>h</u>ij<u>a</u>ratan min sijjeelin man<u>d</u>ood<b>in</b>
When Our command came, We turned that town upside down and We rained upon it stones of clay, layer upon layer,
When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
When My command to destroy the people of Lot came, I turned their towns upside down by raising and overturning them together with the people; and I rained down on them stones of hard-layered baked clay that came down one after the other.
When My command to destroy the people of Lot came, I turned their towns upside down by raising and overturning them together with the people; and I rained down on them stones of hard-layered baked clay that came down one after the other.
<h2 class="title">The Town of Lut's People is overturned and Their Destruction</h2><p>Allah, the Exalted, says, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا</div><p>(So when Our commandment came,) This happened at sunrise. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">جَعَلْنَا عَـلِيَهَا</div><p>(We turned it...) The city of Sadum (Sodom) </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">سَافِلَهَا</div><p>(upside down,) This is similar to Allah's statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَغَشَّـهَا مَا غَشَّى </div><p>(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, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ</div><p>(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, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مَّنْضُودٍ</div><p>(in an array. ) Some of the scholars said that Mandud means the stones were arranged in the heavens and prepared for that (destruction). Others said, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مَّنْضُودٍ</div><p>(in an array.) This word means that some of them (the stones) followed others in their descent upon the people of Lut. Concerning the statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مُّسَوَّمَةً</div><p>(Marked) meaning the stones were marked and sealed, all of them having the names of their victims written on them. Qatadah and `Ikrimah both said, "Musawwamah means each stone was encompassed by a sprinkling of red coloring." The commentators have mentioned that it (the shower of stones) descended upon the people of the town and upon the various villages around it. One of them would be speaking with some people when a stone would strike him from the sky and kill him while he was among the people. Thus, the stones followed them, striking the people in the entire land until they destroyed them all. Not a single one of them remained. Concerning Allah's statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا هِى مِنَ الظَّـلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ</div><p>(and they are not ever far from the wrongdoers.) This means that this vengeance (of Allah) is not far from similar wrongdoers. Verily, it has been reported in a Hadith of the Sunan collections, from Ibn `Abbas, which he attributed to the Prophet , </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ فَاقْتُلُوا الْفَاعِلَ وَالْمَفْعُولَ بِه»</div><p>(Whoever you find doing the deed of Lut's people homosexuality, then kill the doer and the one who allows it to be done to him (both partners).) </p>
The Town of Lut's People is overturned and Their DestructionAllah, the Exalted, says, فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا(So when Our commandment came,) This happened at sunrise. جَعَلْنَا عَـلِيَهَا(We turned it...) The city of Sadum (Sodom) سَافِلَهَا(upside down,) This is similar to Allah's statement, فَغَشَّـهَا 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). Others said, مَّنْضُودٍ(in an array.) This word means that some of them (the stones) followed others in their descent upon the people of Lut. Concerning the statement, مُّسَوَّمَةً(Marked) meaning the stones were marked and sealed, all of them having the names of their victims written on them. Qatadah and `Ikrimah both said, "Musawwamah means each stone was encompassed by a sprinkling of red coloring." The commentators have mentioned that it (the shower of stones) descended upon the people of the town and upon the various villages around it. One of them would be speaking with some people when a stone would strike him from the sky and kill him while he was among the people. Thus, the stones followed them, striking the people in the entire land until they destroyed them all. Not a single one of them remained. Concerning Allah's statement, وَمَا هِى مِنَ الظَّـلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ(and they are not ever far from the wrongdoers.) This means that this vengeance (of Allah) is not far from similar wrongdoers. Verily, it has been reported in a Hadith of the Sunan collections, from Ibn `Abbas, which he attributed to the Prophet , «مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ فَاقْتُلُوا الْفَاعِلَ وَالْمَفْعُولَ بِه»(Whoever you find doing the deed of Lut's people homosexuality, then kill the doer and the one who allows it to be done to him (both partners).) 