فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ So, seized them fa-akhadhathumu the awful cry l-ṣayḥatu at sunrise mush'riqīna
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
فَجَعَلْنَا And We made fajaʿalnā its highest (part) ʿāliyahā its lowest sāfilahā and We rained wa-amṭarnā upon them ʿalayhim stones ḥijāratan of min baked clay sijjīlin
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
إِنَّ Indeed inna in fī that dhālika (are) the Signs laāyātin for those who discern lil'mutawassimīna
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
وَإِنَّهَا And indeed, it wa-innahā (is) on a road labisabīlin established muqīmin
And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.
إِنَّ Indeed inna in fī that dhālika surely (is) a Sign laāyatan for the believers lil'mu'minīna
Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.