Surah 26. Ash-Shuara, Ayah 173

See 11:82 and the corresponding note [114].

Or, in the past tense: "dire was the rain upon those who had been warned" - in which case this sentence would refer specifically to the sinful people of Sodom and Gomorrah. However, it is much more probable that its purport is general (see note [115] on the last sentence of 11:83 ). Zamakhshari's interpretation of the above sentence is analogous to mine.

See n. 1052 to vii. 84.