Surah Hijr ayat 74 Tafsir Quran 15:74

﴿فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ﴾
[ الحجر: 74]

15:74 And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

And We made their that is their cities’ topmost part their nethermost by Gabriel’s raising them the cities to the heaven and dropping them face down onto the earth and We rained on them stones of baked clay clay baked in fire.

And We turned those cities -Sodom and Gomorrah- upside down and rained them with fire and successional brimstones as hard as baked clay

The Destruction of the People of Lut Allah said; فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ ( So the Sayhah overtook them ) This is the piercing sound that came to them when the sun rose, which was accompanied by the city being flipped upside down, and stones of baked clay ( As-Sijjil ) raining down upon them.
The discussion of As-Sijjil in Surah Hud is a sufficient explanation.
Allah said: إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لآيَـتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ( Surely, in this are signs for those who see. ) meaning that the traces of the destruction of that city are easily visible to any one who ponder about it, whether they look at it with physical eyesight or mental and spiritual insight, as Mujahid said concerning the phrase, لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ( those who see ) he said, "those who have insight and discernment." It was reported from Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak that it referred to those who look.
Qatadah said: "those who learn lessons". لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ( those who see ) therefore the meaning is "those who ponder". The City of Sodom on the Highroad وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ ( And verily, they were right on the highroad. ) meaning that the city of Sodom, which was physically and spiritually turned upside down, and pelted with stones until it became a foul smelling lake ( the Dead Sea ), is on a route that is easily accessible until the present day.
This is like the Ayah, وَإِنَّكُمْ لَّتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِينَ - وَبِالَّيْلِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Verily, you pass by them in the morning, and at night.
Will you not then reflect ) ( 37:137-138 ). إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( Surely, there is indeed a sign in that for the believers. ) meaning, `All that We did to the people of Lut, from the destruction and the vengeance, to how We saved Lut and his family, these are clear signs to those who believe in Allah and His Messengers.'

(15:74) Then We turned their habitations up-side-down and We rained stones of baked clay upon them. *41

And We made the highest part [of meaning

*41) These " stones of baked clay " might have been meteoric showers or volcanic eruptions that flew and rained upon them, or these might have been blown by a strong wind.

 

The Destruction of the People of Lut Allah said; فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ ( So the Sayhah overtook them ) This is the piercing sound that came to them when the sun rose, which was accompanied by the city being flipped upside down, and stones of baked clay ( As-Sijjil ) raining down upon them.
The discussion of As-Sijjil in Surah Hud is a sufficient explanation.
Allah said: إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لآيَـتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ( Surely, in this are signs for those who see. ) meaning that the traces of the destruction of that city are easily visible to any one who ponder about it, whether they look at it with physical eyesight or mental and spiritual insight, as Mujahid said concerning the phrase, لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ( those who see ) he said, "those who have insight and discernment." It was reported from Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak that it referred to those who look.
Qatadah said: "those who learn lessons". لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ( those who see ) therefore the meaning is "those who ponder". The City of Sodom on the Highroad وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ ( And verily, they were right on the highroad. ) meaning that the city of Sodom, which was physically and spiritually turned upside down, and pelted with stones until it became a foul smelling lake ( the Dead Sea ), is on a route that is easily accessible until the present day.
This is like the Ayah, وَإِنَّكُمْ لَّتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِينَ - وَبِالَّيْلِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Verily, you pass by them in the morning, and at night.
Will you not then reflect ) ( 37:137-138 ). إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( Surely, there is indeed a sign in that for the believers. ) meaning, `All that We did to the people of Lut, from the destruction and the vengeance, to how We saved Lut and his family, these are clear signs to those who believe in Allah and His Messengers.'

( And We utterly confounded them ) We turned their location upside down, ( and We rained upon them ) upon their sodomites and sinners ( stones of heated clay ) coming down from the first heaven; it is also said that these stones were of manure and mud which were heated up like bricks.

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

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