Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 74 (15:74)

ٱلْحِجْر

فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Quran 15:74 is ayah 74 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 266 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:74
فَجَعَلْنَاعَٰلِيَهَاسَافِلَهَاوَأَمْطَرْنَاعَلَيْهِمْحِجَارَةًمِّنسِجِّيلٍ٧٤
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.(74)

Word by word

  1. فَجَعَلْنَاfajaʿalnāAnd We made
  2. عَٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahāits highest (part)
  3. سَافِلَهَاsāfilahāits lowest
  4. وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāand We rained
  5. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  6. حِجَارَةًḥijāratanstones
  7. مِّنminof
  8. سِجِّيلٍsijjīlinbaked clay

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