فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
falammā jāa amrunā jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhā ḥijāratan min sijjīlin manḍūdin
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]
— Saheeh International
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,
— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
So when Our Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, in a well-arranged manner one after another;
— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali