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Hud 11:82

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ

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]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى : ( فلما جاء أمرنا ) وكان ذلك عند طلوع الشمس ، ( جعلنا عاليها ) وهي [ قريتهم العظيمة وهي ] سدوم [ ومعاملتها ] ( سافلها ) كقوله ) [ والمؤتفكة أهوى ] فغشاها ما غشى ) [ النجم : 53 ، 54 ] أي : أمطرنا عليها حجارة من " سجيل " وهي بالفارسية : حجارة من طين ، قاله ابن عباس وغيره .وقال بعضهم : أي من " سنك " وهو الحجر ، و " كل " وهو الطين ، وقد قال في الآية الأخرى : ( حجارة من طين ) [ الذاريات : 33 ] أي : مستحجرة قوية شديدة . وقال بعضهم : مشوية ، [ وقال بعضهم : مطبوخة قوية صلبة ] وقال البخاري . " سجيل " : الشديد الكبير . سجيل وسجين واحد ، اللام والنون أختان ، وقال تميم بن مقبل :ورجلة يضربون البيض ضاحية ضربا تواصت به الأبطال سجيناوقوله : ( منضود ) قال بعضهم : منضودة في السماء ، أي : معدة لذلك .وقال آخرون : ( منضود ) أي : يتبع بعضها بعضا في نزولها عليهم .

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