But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.
Tafseer
{ فبدل الذين ظلموا } منهم { قولا غير الذي قيل لهم } فقالوا : حبة في شعرة ودخلوا يزحفون على أستاههم { فأنزلنا على الذين ظلموا } فيه وضع الظاهر موضع المضمر مبالغة في تقبيح شأنهم { رجزاً } عذاباً طاعوناً { من السماء بما كانوا يفسقون } بسب فسقهم أي خروجهم عن الطاعة فهلك منهم في ساعة سبعون ألفاً أو أقل .
Instead of those who wronged them word is that they were told said: bead hair and entered crawling on Ostaham Vonzelna on those who wronged which put the apparent position of the implicit exaggeration in Taqbih their business wrath punishment Taona from heaven for their misdeeds because sinning any exit from the obedience of whom perished in the hour of seventy thousand or less.