فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
Falamma jaa amruna jaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayha hijaratan min sijjeelin mandoodin
So when came Our Command, We made its upside, its downside, and We rained upon them stones of baked clay (in) layers.
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,
When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-
So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,
So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down, and rained on them stones, as decreed, one after another,
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]