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فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّيْلٍ   ( الحجر: ٧٤ )

fajaʿalnā
فَجَعَلْنَا
And We made
ʿāliyahā
عَٰلِيَهَا
its highest (part)
sāfilahā
سَافِلَهَا
its lowest
wa-amṭarnā
وَأَمْطَرْنَا
and We rained
ʿalayhim
عَلَيْهِمْ
upon them
ḥijāratan
حِجَارَةً
stones
min
مِّن
of
sijjīlin
سِجِّيلٍ
baked clay

Faja'alnaa 'aaliyahaa saafilahaa wa amtamaa 'alaihim hijaaratam min sjijjeel (al-Ḥijr 15:74)

Sahih International:

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

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then, We turned it (the city) upside down and rained down upon them stones of baked clay.