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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Allah the Exalted said: << وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا فسآء مطر المنذرين >

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And We rained upon them a rain وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا
[Al-A'raf 7:84]
and it was stones of Sijjil, so they destroyed them
So wretched فَسَاءَ
wretched
the rain of the warned ones مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
[al-Naml:58] was their rain of punishment "
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And We rained upon them a rain وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا
[al-Naml:58] In this is evidence that rain is not specific to water, but rather anything that is pelted at a person from above is called rain. For this reason, He said:
And We rained upon them a rain وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا
[al-Naml:58] And the rain that struck them is what the author said: " stones of Sijjil ", just as Allah the Exalted said in another second verse:
rained upon them stones of layered hard clay وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ
[Hud:82].
These stones destroyed them and turned the upper part of the town into its lower part, ... meaning that it collapsed upon them until its top became its bottom, because when a building collapses, its top becomes its bottom. This is the apparent meaning. As for what has been narrated that Jibril carried them from beneath the lower earth and that he ascended with them until the people of the sky heard the barking of their dogs and the braying of their donkeys, then overturned it, there is no evidence for this, neither from the Book of Allah nor from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The most likely explanation is that when these stones struck their town, its top became its bottom; the building collapsed and its top became its bottom.
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So wretched فَسَاءَ
wretched
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So: "Sa'a" is a past verb that is stripped of time, and it is only for establishing blame, like "Hasuna" in some cases...
And good was those a companion وَحَسُنَ أُوْلَئِكَ رَفِيقًا
[al-Nisa:69] This is a verb for establishing praise,
and evil was the rain of those who were warned. فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
[al-Naml:58] This is also a verb for establishing blame.
He said: "
the rain of the warned ones مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
[al-Naml:58] was their rain of punishment "
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Why did he say: their rain? Because "Sa'a" is like "Baysa," it requires a subject (fa'il) and it requires a topic (mubtada'). The specific thing blamed is the topic, which is omitted.
So we say in its grammatical analysis: "Sa'a" is a past verb, and "rain" is the subject, and it is attached to the warned ones, and the specific thing blamed is omitted, its estimation being: their rain.
and evil was the rain of those who were warned. فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
[al-Naml:58] Meaning: their rain.
And this specific thing sometimes precedes, and sometimes a nominative noun comes in its place, made a specifier, serving as a substitute for this specific thing.
Source alathar.net

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