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Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 84

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وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Waam t arn a AAalayhim ma t aran fa o n th ur kayfa k a na AA a qibatu almujrimeen a
the while We rained a rain [of destruction] upon the others: and behold what happened in the end to those people lost in sin!
  - Mohammad Asad
We let loose rain of brimstone and every one of them was killed; see what was the outcome for such criminals.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
We poured upon them a rain 'of brimstone'. See what was the end of the wicked!
  - Mustafa Khattab
And We rained a rain upon them. See now the nature of the consequence for evil doers!
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime! 1052
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The shower is expressly stated in Q. xi. 82 to have been of stones. In xv. 73-74, we are told that there was a terrible blast or noise (saihat) in addition to the shower of stones. Taking these passages into consideration along with Gen. xix. 24. (see n. 1049 above), I think it is legitimate to translate: "a shower of brimstone."

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