And when the listener yearned to see the action of the birds against them, he said, resuming: "They throw at them" meaning the birds "with stones" meaning great in number and action, small in measure and size. Each one of them was about the size of a lentil, with one in the beak of each bird and one in each leg.

And when something is made for punishment, it acts more severely in it, he said: "of baked clay" meaning hardened clay made for punishment in a place that is at the highest level, as clarified in Surah Hud, blessings and peace be upon him. Hamzah al-Karmani said: Abu Salih said: I saw those stones marked with redness.