سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٧٣
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣
wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
Verse 173 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:173), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 374 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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I rained down on them stones from the sky, just like we send down the rain. Disgraceful was the rain that befell these people, whom Lot used to warn of the punishment of Allah if they continued committing their evil acts.
and We poured down upon them a rain [of stones]. How terrible was the rain of those who were warned!
And We rained on them a rain (of torment). And how evil was the rain of those who had been warned!
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!
And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned.
And We rained on them a rain, so odious is the rain of them that are warned.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
