Surah 15 · verse 73
Al-Hijr 15:73
Sign in to listenفَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
fa-akhadhat-humu as-sayhatu mushriqin
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
Verse 71قَالَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
Verse 72لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
Verse 75إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
Verse 76وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ
And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road.
