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quran:53:53

And the overturned towns He hurled down  

and the Deviant ˹cities˺, namely, the cities of the people of Lot, He overturned, He hurled them down to the earth after lifting them up to the heaven upside down, by commanding Gabriel to do this;
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وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ  

{والمؤتفكة} وهي قرى قوم لوط {أهوى} أسقطها بعد رفعها إلى السماء مقلوبة إلى الأرض بأمره جبريل بذلك.