Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر) • The Rocky Tract

Quran 15:74

15:74

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

— Saheeh International

We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down and rained down on them stones of baked clay.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 14Page 266meccan

Word by Word

فَجَعَلْنَاfajaʿalnāAnd We made
عَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahāits highest (part)
سَافِلَهَاsāfilahāits lowest
وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāand We rained
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratanstones
مِّنminof
سِجِّيلٍsijjīlinbaked clay