Meccan·Surah 15

الحجر

Surah Al-Hijr — Ayah 76

The Rocky Tract

99 Ayahs·Verse 15:76
15:76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road.

Context in Surah Al-Hijr

Nearby ayahs help place verse 15:76 in sequence and meaning.

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ

And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers.