Al-Furqan 25:40
The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 363
The Town of the Evil Rain
وَلَقَدۡ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَى ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُمۡطِرَتۡ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوۡءِۚ أَفَلَمۡ يَكُونُواْ يَرَوۡنَهَاۚ بَلۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ نُشُورࣰا ٤٠
And indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the fatal rain. Can it be that they have not seen it? Nay, but they hope for no resurrection.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They have come upon the town showered with a rain of evil; did they not see it?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is Sodom, the greatest town of Lot’s people, on which stones rained; Quraysh passed it on trade journeys to Syria.
Reflect
Learn from the ruins you see.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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