The Holy Quran 31:10 — Surah Luqman

Arabic text

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ 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

Translation

Allaah (is so Mighty that He) created the skies without any pillar that you see, has placed mountains on earth (to stabilise it) so that it does not shake with you and has spread every type of animal on earth. We have (also) sent rain from the sky, thereby growing every type of wonderful plant.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

the explanation of these words has already passed at the beginning of Surah Ar-Ra'd. The benefit of the mountains: that is, so that [the earth] would not tilt, shaken by the waves of the sea and the jolts of strong winds or by other natural causes, provision was made for this by setting up huge mountains.

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