Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:31

21:31

وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

wajaʿalnā fī l-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wajaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulan laʿallahum yahtadūna

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.

— Saheeh International

And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.

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

Juz 17Page 324meccan

Word by Word

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We (have) placed
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirmly set mountains
أَنanlest
تَمِيدَtamīdait (should) shake
بِهِمْbihimwith them
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
فِيهَاfīhātherein
فِجَاجًۭاfijājanbroad passes
سُبُلًۭاsubulan(as) ways
لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna(be) guided