Quran 7:171 — Al-A'raaf, verse 171
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When We made the mountain loom high above them like a shadow, and they thought it would fall on them, We said, ‘Hold fast to what We have given you, and remember what it contains, so that you may remain conscious of God.’
وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
wa-idh nataqnā l-jabala fawqahum ka-annahu ẓullatun waẓannū annahu wāqiʿun bihim khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wa-udh'kurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We shook the mountain above them as if it were a canopy, and they supposed it was about to fall on them: 'Take forcefully what We have given you, and remember what is in it; haply you will be godfearing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [did We not say,] when We caused Mount Sinai to quake above the children of Israel as though it were a [mere] shadow, and they thought that it would fall upon them, "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and bear in mind all that is therein, so that you might remain conscious of God"?
- 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 Allāh said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allāh."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | نَتَقْنَاnataqnā | We raised | نتق |
| 3 | ٱلْجَبَلَl-jabala | the mountain | جبل |
| 4 | فَوْقَهُمْfawqahum | above them | فوق |
| 5 | كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahu | as if it was | — |
| 6 | ظُلَّةٌۭẓullatun | a canopy | ظلل |
| 7 | وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannū | and they thought | ظنن |
| 8 | أَنَّهُۥannahu | that it | — |
| 9 | وَاقِعٌۢwāqiʿun | (would) fall | وقع |
| 10 | بِهِمْbihim | upon them | — |
| 11 | خُذُوا۟khudhū | (We said), "Take | أخذ |
| 12 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 13 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākum | We have given you | أتي |
| 14 | بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatin | with strength | قوي |
| 15 | وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurū | and remember | ذكر |
| 16 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 17 | فِيهِfīhi | (is) in it | — |
| 18 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 19 | تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna | fear Allah | وقي |