The Rocky Tract (Al-Hijr)
Verses 72-77 GROUP_548 15.72-77
72
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
By your life, they wandered on in their wild intoxication
73
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
and thereupon the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at sunrise.
74
فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
We turned the town upside down and rained upon them stones of clay.
75
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
There are certainly signs in that for those who can learn a lesson—
76
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقيمٍ
it is still there on the highway—
77
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِّلْمُؤمِنِينَ
surely in this there is a sign for those who believe.
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Commentary
(a) Why did the community of Lot go beyond all limits of arrogance? The reason for this was that they saw this matter in relation to Lot. Since they were more powerful than Lot, they thought that they could do anything they liked and there was nobody to prevent them. Had they seen this matter in relation to God, the situation would have been just the opposite. Then they would have come to know that their arrogance was absolutely ridiculous, because nobody has any standing before the power of God. As a consequence, early in the morning, they were struck by a severe storm of thunder and lightning. At the command of God, the winds started showering pebbles on the towns of Lot’s community (Sodom and Gomorrah). In a very short time, the whole community was destroyed. There is a lesson in this event for those who give it serious consideration, i.e. in this world one’s dealings in reality are with God and not with human beings. If a man realises this fact, all his arrogance will come to an end.