فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ Qur’an Al-A'raf (7:162)Fabaddala alla th eena th alamoo minhum qawlan ghayra alla th ee qeela lahum faarsaln a AAalayhim rijzan mina a l ssam a i bim a k a noo ya th limoon a
For an explanation of this and the preceding verse, see {2:58-59}, and the corresponding notes.
Cf. ii, 58-59, and n. 72. The story is here told by way of parable for the times of Islam. Hence we have a few verbal changes: e.g., "dwell in this town" instead of "enter this town." etc.