The Holy Quran 11:83 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ

Translation

that were marked by your Rabb (every stone bore the name of the person it was meant to strike). These (destroyed cities) are not far from the oppressors (from the Mushrikeen of Makkah, who passed by them when they travelled to Shaam).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The marked stones: that is, there was a special mark on them that distinguished them from ordinary stones and showed that these were stones of Allah’s punishment. Some say that on each stone was written the name of the person whose destruction it brought about. And Allah knows best.

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