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The Prophet Lot (pbuh)

however, will be protected from such destruction. According to

the Qur'an:
They even wanted to seduce his guests! So We put out
their eyes: "Taste My punishment and warnings!" (Surat
al-Qamar, 37)
When Our command came, We turned their cities upside
down and rained down on them stones of hard baked clay,
piled on top of one another in layers, each one earmarked
by your Lord. And they are never far from the wrongdoers.
(Surah Hud, 82-83)

Perhaps turning upside down signifies the region's destruc-
tion by a powerful earthquake. The expression rained down on
them stones of hard baked clay may indicate a volcanic eruption
and the hard baked lava and stones thrown up by it. The same
event is described elsewhere: "and made a rain come pouring
down upon them. How evil is the rain of those who are
warned!" (Surat ash-Shu'ara, 173). In other words, the tribe

may have been destroyed by an earthquake followed by a vol-
canic eruption. (Allah knows the truth.)

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