Allah says, do you think that by emerging onto dry land you will be safe from
His vengeance and punishment, that a side of the land will not swallow you up or
He will not send against you a Hasib - which is a kind of rain that carries
stones This was the view of Mujahid and others. As Allah says:
[إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا
عَلَيْهِمْ حَـصِباً إِلاَّ آلَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَـهُم بِسَحَرٍ نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ
عِندِنَا]
(Verily, We sent against them, except the family of Lut, them We saved in the
last hour of the night, As a favor from Us.) (54:34-35) Elsewhere, Allah says:
[وَأَمْطَرْنَا
عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنْضُودٍ]
(and We rained on them stones of Sijjil, in a well-arranged manner one after
another)
[أَءَمِنتُمْ مَّن
فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الاٌّرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ - أَمْ
أَمِنتُمْ مِّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَـصِباً فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ
كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ ]
(Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause
the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake Or do you feel secure that
He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send against you a Hasib Then you
shall know how (terrible) has been My warning) (67: 16-17)
[ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ
لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً]
(Then, you shall find no guardian.) no helper to turn the punishment away
from you and save you.
[أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن
يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَى فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ الرِّيحِ
فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ
تَبِيعًا ]
(69. Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back a second time to
sea and send against you a Qasif and drown you because of your disbelief Then
you will not find any avenger therein against Us.)