Surah Hud 11:82 — translation and meaning
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فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
Word by Word
فَلَمَّا
falamma
So when
جَاءَ
jaa
came
أَمْرُنَا
amruna
Our Command
جَعَلْنَا
ja'alna
We made
عَالِيَهَا
aliyaha
its upside
سَافِلَهَا
safilaha
its downside
وَأَمْطَرْنَا
wa-amtarna
and We rained
عَلَيْهَا
alayha
upon them
حِجَارَةً
hijaratan
stones
مِّن
min
of
سِجِّيلٍ
sijjilin
baked clay
مَّنضُودٍ
mandudin
(in) layers
Transliteration
Falammaa jaaa'a amrunaa ja'alnaa 'aaliyahaa saafilahaa wa amtamaa 'alaihaa hijaaratam min sijjeelim mandood
Translation
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]
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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