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We turned the place completely upside down and rained down on
them stones of hard-baked clay. (Surat al-Hijr, 74)
... to unleash upon them lumps of clay (Surat ad-Dhariyat, 33)
Storms
Do you feel secure against Him causing the shore to swallow you up
or sending against you a sudden squall of stones? Then you will find
no one to be your guardian. Or do you feel secure against Him taking
you back into it another time and sending a violent storm against you
and drowning you for your ingratitude? Then you will find no one to
defend you against Us. (Surat al-Isra', 68-69)
We unleashed a howling wind against them on a day of unremitting
horror. It plucked up men like uprooted stumps. (Surat al-Qamar, 19-20)
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against all of them, except
the family of Lut, who We rescued before dawn. (Surat al-Qamar, 34)
'Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. Allah subjected them
to it for seven whole nights and eight whole days without a break. You
could see the people flattened in their homes just like the hollow
stumps of uprooted palms. (Surat al-Haqqa, 6-7)

Rain
We rained down a rain upon them. How evil is the rain of those who
are warned! (Surat an-Naml, 58)
They themselves have come across the city which was rained on by
an evil rain. Did they not then see it? But they do not expect to rise
again. (Surat al-Furqan, 40)
So We opened the gates of heaven with torrential water. (Surat al-
Qamar, 11)
The Punishment of the Day of Shadow
They denied him and the punishment of the Day of Shadow came
down on them. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible Day. (Surat
ash-Shu'ara', 189)
Lightning
If they turn away, then say, 'I warn you of a lightning-bolt like the
lightning-bolt of 'Ad and of Thamud.' (Surah Fussilat, 13 )
But they spurned their Lord's command, so the thunderbolt seized