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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 171of 206

۞ وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌۭ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allah said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah."

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
نَتَقْنَاnataqnāWe raised
ٱلْجَبَلَl-jabalathe mountain
فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuas if it was
ظُلَّةٌۭẓullatuna canopy
وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thought
أَنَّهُۥannahuthat it
وَاقِعٌۢwāqiʿun(would) fall
بِهِمْbihimupon them
خُذُوا۟khudhū(We said), "Take
مَآwhat
ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumWe have given you
بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatinwith strength
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember
مَاwhat
فِيهِfīhi(is) in it
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnafear Allah

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Raising Mount Tur over the Jews, because of Their Rebellion`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah, وَإِذ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ(And (remember) when We Nataqna the mountain over them), "We raised the mountain, as Allah's other statement testifies, وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِمِيثَـقِهِمْ(And for their covenant, We raised over them the mountain) 4:154.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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