Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds — الذاريات) (Ayah 37)

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51 Adh-Dhariyat(الذاريات), Ayah 37

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ 37 ٣٧

And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment. (37)

Tafsir

Small pebbles of baked clay would be sent down upon them: مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَ‌بِّكَ "marked, with your Lord, for the transgressors."... Adh-Dhariyat 51:34 ), that is, pebbles conspicuously marked by Allah. Some scholars say that each stone bore the name of the person with which he was to be destroyed, and if he ran in any particular direction, he was pursued by the same stone. Other verses say that these people were destroyed by Jibra'il's علیہ السلام turning their territory upside down. The two descriptions of the punishment are not mutually contradictory: Probably, the stoning incident took place first, and then the earth was turned upside down.

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