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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 31of 112

وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًۭا سُبُلًۭا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ﴿٣١

Translation (Sahih International)

And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

Word-by-word meaning

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We (have) placed
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirmly set mountains
أَنanlest
تَمِيدَtamīdait (should) shake
بِهِمْbihimwith them
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
فِيهَاfīhātherein
فِجَاجًۭاfijājanbroad passes
سُبُلًۭاsubulan(as) ways
لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna(be) guided

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Signs of Allah in the Heavens and the Earth and in the Night and the DayHere Allah tells of His perfect might and power in His creation and subjugation of all things.أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(Have not those who disbelieve known) means, those who deny His Divine nature and worship others instead of Him, do they not realize that Allah is the One Who is Independent in His powers of creation and is running the affairs of all things with absolute power So how can it be appropriate to wors...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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