Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:31

13:31

وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْءَانًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ ٱلْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۗ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَا۟يْـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۗ وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا۟ قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ وَعْدُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ

walaw anna qur'ānan suyyirat bihi l-jibālu aw quṭṭiʿat bihi l-arḍu aw kullima bihi l-mawtā bal lillahi l-amru jamīʿan afalam yāy'asi alladhīna āmanū an law yashāu l-lahu lahadā l-nāsa jamīʿan walā yazālu alladhīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bimā ṣanaʿū qāriʿatun aw taḥullu qarīban min dārihim ḥattā yatiya waʿdu l-lahi inna l-laha lā yukh'lifu l-mīʿāda

And if there was any Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] by which the mountains would be removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would be made to speak, [it would be this Qur’ān], but to Allāh belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not accepted that had Allāh willed, He would have guided the people, all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will descend near their home - until there comes the promise of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.

— Saheeh International

If there were ever to be a Quran with which mountains could be moved, the earth shattered, or the dead made to speak [it would have been this one], but everything is truly in God’s hands. Do the believers not realize that if God had so willed, He could have guided all mankind? As for the disbelievers, because of their misdeeds, disaster will not cease to afflict them or fall close to their homes until God’s promise is fulfilled: God never fails to keep His promise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if there had been a Qur’ân with which mountains could be moved (from their places), or the earth could be cloven asunder, or the dead could be made to speak (it would not have been other than this Qur’ân). But the decision of all things is certainly with Allâh. Have not then those who believed yet known that had Allâh willed, He could have guided all mankind? And a disaster will not cease to strike those who disbelieved because of their (evil) deeds or it (i.e. the disaster) settles close to their homes, until the Promise of Allâh comes to pass. Certainly, Allâh breaks not His Promise.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنَّannathat was
قُرْءَانًۭاqur'ānanany Quran
سُيِّرَتْsuyyiratcould be moved
بِهِbihiby it
ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
أَوْawor
قُطِّعَتْquṭṭiʿatcould be cloven asunder
بِهِbihiby it
ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
أَوْawor
كُلِّمَkullimacould be made to speak
بِهِbihiby it
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰۗl-mawtāthe dead
بَلbalNay
لِّلَّهِlillahiwith Allah
ٱلْأَمْرُl-amru(is) the command
جَمِيعًاۗjamīʿanall
أَفَلَمْafalamThen do not
يَا۟يْـَٔسِyāy'asiknow
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
أَنanthat
لَّوْlawif
يَشَآءُyashāuhad willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَهَدَىlahadāsurely, He would have guided
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaall
جَمِيعًۭاۗjamīʿanall of the mankind
وَلَاwalāAnd not
يَزَالُyazāluwill cease
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
تُصِيبُهُمtuṣībuhumto strike them
بِمَاbimāfor what
صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey did
قَارِعَةٌqāriʿatuna disaster
أَوْawor
تَحُلُّtaḥulluit settles
قَرِيبًۭاqarībanclose
مِّنminfrom
دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir homes
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(will) not
يُخْلِفُyukh'lifufail
ٱلْمِيعَادَl-mīʿāda(in) the Promise