Surah 15 · verse 74
Al-Hijr 15:74
Sign in to listenفَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
fa-ja'alna 'aliha safiliha wa-amtarna 'alayhim hijara min sijjil
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالَ 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.
Verse 73فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ 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.
إِنَّ 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.
Verse 77إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.