Quran 21:31 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction,
وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
wajaʿalnā fī l-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wajaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulan laʿallahum yahtadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We set in the earth firm mountains lest it should shake with them, and We set in it ravines to serve as ways, that haply so they may be guided;
- Muhammad Asad
- And [are they not aware that] We have set up firm mountains on earth, lest it sway with them, and [that] We have appointed thereon broad paths, so that they might find their way,
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We (have) placed | جعل |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 4 | رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiya | firmly set mountains | رسو |
| 5 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 6 | تَمِيدَtamīda | it (should) shake | ميد |
| 7 | بِهِمْbihim | with them | — |
| 8 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | and We made | جعل |
| 9 | فِيهَاfīhā | therein | — |
| 10 | فِجَاجًۭاfijājan | broad passes | فجج |
| 11 | سُبُلًۭاsubulan | (as) ways | سبل |
| 12 | لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 13 | يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna | (be) guided | هدي |