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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 31

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٣١

21:31 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 324 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:31

وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ۝٣١

Transliteration

wajaʿalnā fī l-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wajaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulan laʿallahum yahtadūna

Translation

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.

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Tafsir of verse 31

Al-Mukhtasar

And I made firm mountains on earth, so that it does not shake those on its surface. I made in it wide paths and ways, so that they may find their way in their journeys towards their objectives.

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Other translations of verse 31

We have set on the earth firm mountains so it does not shake with them, and We have made therein broad pathways so that they may find their way.

And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.

And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way.

And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive Guidance.

And We have made great mountains in the earth lest it might be convulsed with them, and We have made in it wide ways that they may follow a right direction.

And We have made in the earth anchorages (i.e., the mountains) so that it should not reel with them, and We made therein ravines (Or; passageways) as ways, that possibly they would be guided.

Verse 31 word by word

  1. وَجَعَلْنَا wajaʿalnā And We (have) placed ج ع ل
  2. فِى fī in
  3. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  4. رَوَٰسِىَ rawāsiya firmly set mountains ر س و
  5. أَن an lest
  6. تَمِيدَ tamīda it (should) shake م ي د
  7. بِهِمْ bihim with them
  8. وَجَعَلْنَا wajaʿalnā and We made ج ع ل
  9. فِيهَا fīhā therein
  10. فِجَاجًا fijājan broad passes ف ج ج
  11. سُبُلًا subulan (as) ways س ب ل
  12. لَّعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they may
  13. يَهْتَدُونَ yahtadūna (be) guided ه د ي

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  • An-Nahl 16:15

    وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَٰرًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

  • Luqman 31:10

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

    He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

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