Qur'an 59:21 Al-Hashr
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍۢ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَٰشِعًۭا مُّتَصَدِّعًۭا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
If We had sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.
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What it says
A hypothetical measures what the Qur'an is against something solid: a mountain receiving it would not stand unmoved but would crack apart in awe. The comparison points at the human audience that does receive the Qur'an without that visible reaction, and the verse names its own method in passing, these are amthāl, examples, given so that people will think them through.
Word by word
لَوْ law if · أَنزَلْنَا anzalnā We had sent down · هَٰذَا hādhā this · ٱلْقُرْءَانَ al-qurʾāna Qur'an · عَلَىٰ ʿalā upon · جَبَلٍ jabalin a mountain · لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ laraʾaytahu you would have seen it · خَٰشِعًا khāshiʿan humbled · مُّتَصَدِّعًا mutaṣaddiʿan breaking apart · مِّنْ min from · خَشْيَةِ khashyati fear · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · وَتِلْكَ wa-tilka and these · ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ al-amthālu examples · نَضْرِبُهَا naḍribuhā We give · لِلنَّاسِ lilnnāsi to people · لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they · يَتَفَكَّرُونَ yatafakkarūn may reflect
The reel · recited by Abu Bakr ash-Shatri
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The words
- أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقAbu BakrHistory
- الإِسْلَامIslamBelief
- القُرْآنQur'anThe Qur'an
- سورَةSurahThe Qur'an
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