Quran 73:14 — Al-Muzzammil, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
on the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. The mountains will become a heap of loose sand.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَهِيلًا
yawma tarjufu l-arḍu wal-jibālu wakānati l-jibālu kathīban mahīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- upon the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains become a slipping heap of sand.
- Muhammad Asad
- on the Day when the earth and the mountains will be convulsed and the mountains will [crumble and] become like a sand-dune on the move!
- Sahih International
- On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَyawma | (On the) Day | يوم |
| 2 | تَرْجُفُtarjufu | will quake | رجف |
| 3 | ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍu | the earth | أرض |
| 4 | وَٱلْجِبَالُwal-jibālu | and the mountains | جبل |
| 5 | وَكَانَتِwakānati | and will become | كون |
| 6 | ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibālu | the mountains | جبل |
| 7 | كَثِيبًۭاkathīban | a heap of sand | كثب |
| 8 | مَّهِيلًاmahīlan | pouring down | هيل |