At last when the angels saw that Lot was mentally in a great stress and is in trouble about the existing situation, they disclosed themselves and declared their mission as the Messengers of God, saying:

      ``O, Lot! We are your Lord's Messengers. So don't worry, that, they will never touch you.''

      As it is revealed in the S 54:33, Lot did warn his wicked people of God's wrath and the coming of an awful day for their punishment, but they paid no heed to the warning and proceeded to take away his handsome guests! As they came forth suddenly their eyes were all blinded and in that darkness they heard a voice saying:ِ

      ``Now taste you my wrath and believe the warnings! This was the beginning of their dreadful chastisement....''

      However, recognizing the angels who were in the guise of young beautiful man, revived Lot and infused a new blood into his veins, and felt a happiness in the depth of his heartِhis beloved Lord and friend had come to his help.

      Then the angels told Lot:ِ ``Set forth with your house-hold and the others who have believed with you in the dark of the night, and let none of you look behind, except your wife who has to share the fate of those who are doomed. She will not follow your instruction and will lag behind among those who perish.''

      When Lot and those who believed with him left the town behind, the terrible event began! The cities and the suburbs were agitated with irregular vibratory motions due to an awful earthquake, and by morning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were all overturned, so that its highest points became its lowest points, and after that a shower of pellets made of baked clay and hard as stones, rained upon the inhabitants and piled up on them.

      SIJJIL is a compound Persian word Arabicised composed of SANG, and GILL, which might have been very hard pellets of baked clay.