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Surah An-Naba, Verse 20

سورة النبإ، الآية ٢٠

78:20 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 582 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ۝٢٠

Transliteration

wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarāban

Translation

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

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Verse 20 of Surah An-Naba (78:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 582 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 20

Al-Mukhtasar

And the mountains will be made to move until they become like dispersed dust particles; becoming like a mirage.

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Other translations of verse 20

and the mountains will vanish, becoming like a mirage.

And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

And the mountains are made to travel, (and) so have become a mirage.

Verse 20 word by word

  1. وَسُيِّرَتِ wasuyyirati And are moved س ي ر
  2. ٱلْجِبَالُ l-jibālu the mountains ج ب ل
  3. فَكَانَتْ fakānat and become ك و ن
  4. سَرَابًا sarāban a mirage س ر ب

Verses related to verse 20

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naml 27:88

    وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِىَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ صُنْعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ

    And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.

  • Al-Qari’ah 101:5

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

  • Taha 20:105–107

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا …

    And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast. …

  • Al-Kahf 18:47

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

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