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74. Sailing vessels as a<br />

36.42, 36.43, 36.44<br />

75. Scattering of animals as a, the<br />

45.4<br />

76. Scoffing the<br />

37.12, 37.13, 37.14, 37.15<br />

77. Service of all things to man as a, the<br />

45.13<br />

78. Ships as a<br />

36.42, 36.43, 36.44<br />

79. Sky as a, theof the dead earth as a, the<br />

2.164<br />

69. Revival of the<br />

34.9<br />

80. Sleep as a<br />

30.23<br />

81. Spouses as<br />

30.21<br />

82. Story of Noah as a, the<br />

23.30<br />

83. Stream as a<br />

13.3<br />

84. Subjection of day and night to man as a<br />

16.12<br />

85. Subjection of the stars to man as a<br />

16.12<br />

86. Subjection of the sun and moon to man as a<br />

16.12<br />

87. Sun as a<br />

36.38, 36.39, 36.40, 41.37, 41.38<br />

88. Sustenance from the sky as a<br />

45.5<br />

89. Turning away from<br />

12.105, 21.32, 36.46, 54.2, 54.3<br />

90. Variety as a<br />

16.13<br />

91. Withholding of hands of powerful people from the Believers in the days of the Prophet(S) as a<br />

48.20<br />

SIJJIL:<br />

11:82 - When Our decree issued We turned (the cities) upside down and rained down on them<br />

brimstones hard as baked clay spread layer on layer 15781579<br />

1578 Cf. vii. 84 and n. 1052. (11.82)<br />

1579 Sijjil, a Persian word Arabicised, from Sang-o-gil, or Sang-i-gil, stone and clay, or hard as baked clay, according to the<br />

Qamus. Sodom and Gomorrah were in a tract of hard, caky, sulphurous soil, to which this description well applies. Cf.<br />

Ii. 33, where the words are "stones of clay" (hijarat min tin) in connection with the same incident. On the other hand, in<br />

cv. 4, the word sijjil is used for pellets of hard-baked clay in connection with Abraha and the Companions of the<br />

Elephant. (11.82)<br />

15:74 - And We turned (the Cities) upside down and rained down on them brimstones hard as<br />

baked clay. 1997<br />

1997 Cf. xi. 82 and notes, in which the word Sijjil and its origin are explained. (15.74)<br />

51:33 - "To bring on on them (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone) 5011<br />

5011 Cf. xi. 82, and n. 1052 to vii. 84. The angels' errand of mercy to Abraham (to announce the succession of godly men<br />

in his line) was coupled with their errand of justice and punishment to the people of Lut, the people of Sodom and<br />

Gomorrah, who were deep in the most abominable and unnatural sins. So Allah's Mercy and Justice go hand in hand<br />

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