Quran Verses about Mountains

42 ayahs · from 31 surahs

The Quran calls the mountains pegs that Allah has set firmly in the earth so that it does not shake with its people, with streaks of many colours, and dwellings that people hew out of them. The mountains prostrate and glorify Allah with the Prophet David, declined to bear the trust, and would crumble in awe of Allah if the Quran were sent down on them; the verses also mention the mountain that collapsed when Allah manifested Himself to it before Moses, and the mountain raised above the Children of Israel. On the Day of Resurrection the mountains will be uprooted, pass like clouds, be crushed to dust and become like scattered wool.

Mountains as pegs that make the earth firm

  1. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَدَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٗاۖ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۖ يُغۡشِي ٱلَّيۡلَ ٱلنَّهَارَۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٣

    Wa huwal-ladhī maddal-arḍa wa jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya wa anhārā, wa min kullith-thamarāti jaʿala fīhā zawjaynithnayn, yughshil-laylan-nahār, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

  1. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡزُونٖ ١٩

    Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayʾim mawzūn.

    And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

  1. وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَأَنۡهَٰرٗا وَسُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٥

    Wa alqā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa anhāraw wa subulal laʿallakum tahtadūn.

    And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

  1. وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجٗا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٣١

    Wa jaʿalnā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wa jaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulal laʿallahum yahtadūn.

    And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

  1. أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَرَارٗا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٗا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ حَاجِزًاۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

    Amman jaʿalal-arḍa qarāraw wa jaʿala khilālahā anhāraw wa jaʿala lahā rawāsiya wa jaʿala baynal-baḥrayni ḥājizā, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.

    Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.

  1. خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ١٠

    Khalaqas-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā, wa alqā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa baththa fīhā min kulli dābbah, wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan fa anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm.

    He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

  1. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتٖ مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهَاۚ وَمِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ جُدَدُۢ بِيضٞ وَحُمۡرٞ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٞ ٢٧

    Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī thamarātim mukhtalifan alwānuhā, wa minal-jibāli judadum bīḍuw wa ḥumrum mukhtalifun alwānuhā wa gharābību sūd.

    Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.

  1. وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ مِن فَوۡقِهَا وَبَٰرَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقۡوَٰتَهَا فِيٓ أَرۡبَعَةِ أَيَّامٖ سَوَآءٗ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ١٠

    Wa jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wa bāraka fīhā wa qaddara fīhā aqwātahā fī arbaʿati ayyāmin sawāʾal lis-sāʾilīn.

    And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction1 - for [the information of] those who ask.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Also "four equal days" or "four days of completion."
  1. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٖ ٧

    Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjim bahīj.

    And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,

  1. وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ شَٰمِخَٰتٖ وَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُم مَّآءٗ فُرَاتٗا ٢٧

    Wa jaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātiw wa asqaynākum māʾan furātā.

    And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.

  1. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا ٧

    Wal-jibāla awtādā.

    And the mountains as stakes?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. To stabilize the land and balance the earth.
  1. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

    Wal-jibāla arsāhā.

    And the mountains He set firmly

  1. وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

    Wa ilal-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat.

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Mountains as dwellings

  1. وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَعَلَكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عَادٖ وَبَوَّأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورٗا وَتَنۡحِتُونَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ بُيُوتٗاۖ فَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٧٤

    Wadhkurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāʾa mim baʿdi ʿādiw wa bawwaʾakum fil-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūraw wa tanḥitūnal-jibāla buyūtā, fadhkurū ālāʾallāhi wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

    And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

  1. وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢

    Wa kānū yanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan āminīn.

    And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

  1. وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَٰلٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ أَكۡنَٰنٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمۡ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلۡحَرَّ وَسَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأۡسَكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡلِمُونَ ٨١

    Wallāhu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālaw wa jaʿala lakum minal-jibāli aknānaw wa jaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumul-ḥarra wa sarābīla taqīkum baʾsakum, kadhālika yutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimūn.

    And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].

  1. وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

    Wa tanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn.

    And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

Mountains submit to Allah and glorify Him

  1. تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِنۡهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلۡجِبَالُ هَدًّا ٩٠

    Takādus-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna minhu wa tanshaqqul-arḍu wa takhirrul-jibālu haddā.

    The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

  1. فَفَهَّمۡنَٰهَا سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيۡنَا حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗاۚ وَسَخَّرۡنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحۡنَ وَٱلطَّيۡرَۚ وَكُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ٧٩

    Fafahhamnāhā sulaymān, wa kullan ātaynā ḥukmaw wa ʿilmā, wa sakhkharnā maʿa dāwūdal-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭayr, wa kunnā fāʿilīn.

    And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Meaning that Allāh has always been capable of accomplishing whatever He wills.
  1. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسۡجُدُۤ لَهُۥۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكۡرِمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ۩ ١٨

    Alam tara annallāha yasjudu lahū man fis-samāwāti wa man fil-arḍi wash-shamsu wal-qamaru wan-nujūmu wal-jibālu wash-shajaru wad-dawābbu wa kathīrum minan-nās, wa kathīrun ḥaqqa ʿalayhil-ʿadhāb, wa may yuhinillāhu famā lahū mim mukrim, innallāha yafʿalu mā yashāʾ.

    Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified.1 And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. And therefore decreed.
  1. إِنَّا عَرَضۡنَا ٱلۡأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡجِبَالِ فَأَبَيۡنَ أَن يَحۡمِلۡنَهَا وَأَشۡفَقۡنَ مِنۡهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومٗا جَهُولٗا ٧٢

    Innā ʿaraḍnal-amānata ʿalas-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-jibāli fa abayna ay yaḥmilnahā wa ashfaqna minhā wa ḥamalahal-insān, innahū kāna ẓalūman jahūlā.

    Indeed, We offered the Trust1 to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. The acceptance of obligations and obedience to Allāh.
    2. Coveting its reward while forgetting the penalty for failure to keep his commitment.
  1. ۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضۡلٗاۖ يَٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِي مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيۡرَۖ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلۡحَدِيدَ ١٠

    Wa laqad ātaynā dāwūda minnā faḍlā, yājibālu awwibī maʿahū waṭ-ṭayr, wa alannā lahul-ḥadīd.

    And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,

  1. إِنَّا سَخَّرۡنَا ٱلۡجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحۡنَ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِشۡرَاقِ ١٨

    Innā sakhkharnal-jibāla maʿahū yusabbiḥna bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ishrāq.

    Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

  1. لَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٖ لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ خَٰشِعٗا مُّتَصَدِّعٗا مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢١

    Law anzalnā hādhal-qurʾāna ʿalā jabalil laraʾaytahū khāshiʿam mutaṣaddiʿam min khashyatillāh, wa tilkal-amthālu naḍribuhā lin-nāsi laʿallahum yatafakkarūn.

    If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.

Mountains in the stories of the prophets

  1. وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِيٓ أَنظُرۡ إِلَيۡكَۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِي وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرۡ إِلَى ٱلۡجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسۡتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوۡفَ تَرَىٰنِيۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلۡجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكّٗا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقٗاۚ فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٤٣

    Wa lammā jāʾa mūsā limīqātinā wa kallamahū rabbuhū qāla rabbi arinī anẓur ilayk, qāla lan tarānī wa lākininẓur ilal-jabali fa inistaqarra makānahū fasawfa tarānī, falammā tajallā rabbuhū lil-jabali jaʿalahū dakkaw wa kharra mūsā ṣaʿiqā, falammā afāqa qāla subḥānaka tubtu ilayka wa ana awwalul-muʾminīn.

    And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allāh] said, "You will not see Me,1 but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level,2 and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first [among my people] of the believers."3

    Footnotes (3)
    1. That no one can see Allāh during the life of this world.
    2. It crumbled to dust.
  1. ۞ وَإِذۡ نَتَقۡنَا ٱلۡجَبَلَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٞ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعُۢ بِهِمۡ خُذُواْ مَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٖ وَٱذۡكُرُواْ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ١٧١

    Wa idh nataqnal-jabala fawqahum kaʾannahū ẓullatuw wa ẓannū annahū wāqiʿum bihim khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatiw wadhkurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūn.

    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,1 [and Allāh said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allāh."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. For their rebellion and disobedience.
  1. قَالَ سَـَٔاوِيٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٖ يَعۡصِمُنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَۚ وَحَالَ بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلۡمَوۡجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُغۡرَقِينَ ٤٣

    Qāla saʾāwī ilā jabaliy yaʿṣimunī minal-māʾ, qāla lā ʿāṣimal-yawma min amrillāhi illā mar raḥim, wa ḥāla baynahumal-mawju fakāna minal-mughraqīn.

    [But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allāh, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.

The mountains on the Day of Resurrection

  1. وَيَوۡمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلۡجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَارِزَةٗ وَحَشَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَلَمۡ نُغَادِرۡ مِنۡهُمۡ أَحَدٗا ٤٧

    Wa yawma nusayyirul-jibāla wa taral-arḍa bārizataw wa ḥasharnāhum falam nughādir minhum aḥadā.

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed,1 and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

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    1. i.e., flattened and bare.
  1. وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّي نَسۡفٗا ١٠٥

    Wa yasʾalūnaka ʿanil-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfā.

    And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.1

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    1. Once they have been reduced to dust.
  2. فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعٗا صَفۡصَفٗا ١٠٦

    Fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafā.

    And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;

  3. لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجٗا وَلَآ أَمۡتٗا ١٠٧

    Lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajaw wa lā amtā.

    You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

  1. وَتَرَى ٱلۡجِبَالَ تَحۡسَبُهَا جَامِدَةٗ وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِۚ صُنۡعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَتۡقَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٨٨

    Wa taral-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidataw wa hiya tamurru marras-saḥāb, ṣunʿallāhil-ladhī atqana kulla shayʾ, innahū khabīrum bimā tafʿalūn.

    And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless,1 while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.

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    1. Or "solid and rigid."
  1. يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا ٩

    Yawma tamūrus-samāʾu mawrā.

    On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

  2. وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا ١٠

    Wa tasīrul-jibālu sayrā.

    And the mountains will pass on, departing1 -

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    1. Becoming dust and moving as clouds.
  1. إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا ٤

    Idhā rujjatil-arḍu rajjā.

    When the earth is shaken with convulsion

  2. وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا ٥

    Wa bussatil-jibālu bassā.

    And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

  3. فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا ٦

    Fakānat habāʾam munbaththā.

    And become dust dispersing,

  1. وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ ١٤

    Wa ḥumilatil-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkataw wāḥidah.

    And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

  1. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٩

    Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-ʿihn.

    And the mountains will be like wool,1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., in the process of disintegration.
  1. يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَثِيبٗا مَّهِيلًا ١٤

    Yawma tarjuful-arḍu wal-jibālu wa kānatil-jibālu kathībam mahīlā.

    On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

  1. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ١٠

    Wa idhal-jibālu nusifat.

    And when the mountains are blown away

  1. وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا ٢٠

    Wa suyyiratil-jibālu fakānat sarābā.

    And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

  1. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

    Wa idhal-jibālu suyyirat.

    And when the mountains are removed

  1. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥

    Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-ʿihnil-manfūsh.

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., beginning to disintegrate.