The Holy Quran 11:82 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ

Translation

When Our order (punishment) came, We made the upper portion of the land the lower portion (the cities were lifted and then thrown upside down) and We rained down on the land continuously falling stones of pottery clay ...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The punishment of humiliation and destruction on the people of Lut: Jibril ﵇ lifted those towns and dashed them down from near the sky. In this way all the towns were turned upside down. Then, to complete their chastisement, humiliation and disgrace in full, lumps of baked clay and stones were rained down on them from above.

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