The Quran

سورة هُود

Surah Hûd 11:82

Hûd · Verse 82 of 123

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ مَنْضُودٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

So when Our command (about the punishment) came to pass We turned those (townships) upside down and We rained upon them, layer upon layer, with many stones of petrified clay,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-

Ahmed Ali

So when the decreed moment arrived, We turned the habitations upside down, and rained upon them stones of hardened lava in quick succession,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

So when Our judgment came to pass, We overturned (those sinful towns), and rained down on them stones of baked clay one after another,

Daryabadi

Then when Our decree came to pass, We turned the upside thereof downward, and We rained thereon stones of baked clay, piled up.

Faridul Haque

So when Our command came, We turned that township upside down and showered it continuously with stones of fired clay.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down, and rained on them stones, as decreed, one after another,

Maulvi Sher Ali

So when Our decree came to pass, WE turned that town upside down and WE rain upon it stones of clay, layer upon layer,

Muhammad Asad

And so, when Our judgment came to pass, We turned those [sinful towns] upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained. one upon another,

Muhammad Musin Khan

So when Our Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, piled up;

Muhammad Pickthall

So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,

Muhammad Sarwar

When Our decree came to pass, We turned the town upside-down and showered unto it lumps of baked clay,

Muhammed ali Shakir

So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down and rained down upon them stones, of what had been decreed, one after another.

Rashad Khalifa

When our judgment came, we turned it upside down, and we showered it with hard, devastating rocks.

Shabbir Ahmed

And so, when Our command came to pass, We brought low the highly arrogant towns (Sodom and Gomorrah), and rained down upon them hard devastating rocks (from the volcano).

Commentary 11:82 Sijjîl سِجِّيلٍ is to be petrified or hardened. The “rain of petrified stones” indicates a volcanic eruption. Sijjîl also is a on for a written roll or…

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ

11:82 Sijjîl سِجِّيلٍ is to be petrified or hardened. The “rain of petrified stones” indicates a volcanic eruption. Sijjîl also is a on for a written roll or written scrolls (Lane). The word is derived from sajala سَجَل meaning to pour out, spill a liquid, or write on a paper or a scroll (Tâj). It also means to decide judicially or to scribe (Lisân). Mandzûdمَّنضُودٍ means clustered or laden with fruit. It is derived from nadzada نَضَد meaning, “to pile up one upon the other”.