Chapter 7, Verse 85

26:174; 27:59.

Commentary:

It appears that there was a violent eruption, and burning matter was thrown out of the ground and buried the disbelieving people underneath it.

26:174; 27:59.

It often happens in a severe earthquake that rocks and rubble erupt and are carried to a height and then fall back on the earth. This happened at Pompeii; and at Kangra (India) in 1905.

According to some the country round the Dead Sea is the site of the ruined cities. The Qur’an, however, appears to place it on the route from Medina to Syria (15:80).