Quran 15:74 — Al-Hijr, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones.
فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ
fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We turned it uppermost nethermost and rained on it stones of baked clay.
- Muhammad Asad
- and We turned those [sinful towns} upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained.
- Sahih International
- And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَجَعَلْنَاfajaʿalnā | And We made | جعل |
| 2 | عَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahā | its highest (part) | علو |
| 3 | سَافِلَهَاsāfilahā | its lowest | سفل |
| 4 | وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnā | and We rained | مطر |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 6 | حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratan | stones | حجر |
| 7 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 8 | سِجِّيلٍsijjīlin | baked clay | سجل |