From the surface. So they fled to the wilderness, and a cloud shaded them, which is the "Zullah" (shadow/canopy). They found coolness and a breeze in it, then it rained fire upon them and they burned.

Yazid al-Jariri said: Allah unleashed the heat upon them for seven days and their nights, then a mountain appeared to them from afar. A man went to it and found beneath it rivers, springs, trees, and cool water. They all gathered beneath it, and the mountain fell upon them, which is the "Zullah" (canopy).

2818: 15945: Peace: 1: See, Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/347).

: 15946: The worlds: 2: The previous source.

2819: 15949: Clear: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/347).

: 15953: A sign: 2: Ibn Kathir said in the interpretation of this verse: The Almighty says: Indeed, the mention of this Qur'an and the laudation of it is present in the books of the first [nations], transmitted from their prophets who gave glad tidings of it in the ancient and modern times, just as Allah took from them a covenant regarding that, until the last of them stood as a preacher among his people with the glad tidings of Ahmad.

: 15955: Their scholars: 3: Tafsir Al-Qurtubi: (7/4854).

2820: 15960: Non-Arabs: 1: Al-Qurtubi said: Meaning upon a man who is not of Arabic tongue. It is said: A man is "a'jam" and "a'jami" if he is not eloquent, even if he is a stranger.

2821: 15964: Upon them: 1: Al-Qurtubi said regarding the saying of the Almighty: "Then he recited it to them" in a language other than the language of the Arabs, they would have believed and said, "We do not understand."

: 15968: We have inserted it: 2: The saying of the Almighty: "Thus have We inserted it." Al-Qurtubi said: Meaning the Qur'an.

2822: 15990: Hardness: 1: Tafsir Al-Qurtubi: (7/4855).