The Holy Quran 59:21 — Surah Al-Hashr

Arabic text

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَـٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Translation

If We have to reveal this Qur'aan to (on to) a mountain (and grant it understanding of the Qur'aan without the barrier of carnal desires), you will see it humble itself and shatter (split) out of fear for Allaah. These are examples that We relate to people so that they reflect (about their personal conditions).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Mountains would split from the majesty of the Quran: that is, it is a matter of grief and regret that the Quran has no effect whatsoever on a person's heart, although the effect of the Quran is so mighty and powerful that, had it been sent down upon something as hard as a mountain, and had it possessed the faculty of understanding, it too would have humbled…

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