Quran 11:82 — Hud, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And so when what We had ordained came about, We turned their town upside down and rained down stones of baked clay on it, layer upon layer,
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ مَنْضُودٍ
falammā jāa amrunā jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhā ḥijāratan min sijjīlin manḍūdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So when Our command came, We turned it uppermost nethermost, and rained on it stones of baked clay, one on another,
- Muhammad Asad
- And so, when Our judgment came to pass, We turned those [sinful towns] upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained. one upon another,
- Sahih International
- 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]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَjāa | came | جيأ |
| 3 | أَمْرُنَاamrunā | Our Command | أمر |
| 4 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We made | جعل |
| 5 | عَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahā | its upside | علو |
| 6 | سَافِلَهَاsāfilahā | its downside | سفل |
| 7 | وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnā | and We rained | مطر |
| 8 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | upon them | — |
| 9 | حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratan | stones | حجر |
| 10 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 11 | سِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlin | baked clay | سجل |
| 12 | مَّنضُودٍۢmanḍūdin | (in) layers | نضد |