The Holy Quran 7:171 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

۞ وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Translation

(Remember the time) When We uprooted the mountain (Mount Toor and suspended it) above them (the Bani Israa'eel) as if it were a canopy and they thought that it would fall on them. (When the Jews broke their promise to fulfil the commands contained in the Torah, Allaah suspended the Mount Toor above their heads and threatened to drop it on them if they did not obey the commands of the Torah.) (We said to them) "Hold fast on to what We have given you (the Torah) and remember what is in it so that you may adopt Taqwa."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The event of the raising of the mountain: that is, the “covenant of the Book” (pledge and undertaking) of which they are being reminded was taken with such solemnity that the mountain was raised and suspended over their heads, and it was said: “Hold fast with all firmness and resolve to what is being given to you (the Torah and so on)

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