Lit., "so that there covered them that which covered": a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities of "Lot's people" (see, in particular, {11:77-83}).
who were smitten by the scourge that smote them."
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
How overwhelming was what covered 'them'!1
 - Mustafa Khattab
The stones of baked clay that were rained upon them (see 11:82-83).