Surah Al-Hashr (الحشر) • The Exile

Quran 59:21

59:21

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

law anzalnā hādhā l-qur'āna ʿalā jabalin lara-aytahu khāshiʿan mutaṣaddiʿan min khashyati l-lahi watil'ka l-amthālu naḍribuhā lilnnāsi laʿallahum yatafakkarūna

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.

— Saheeh International

If We had sent this Quran down to a mountain, you [Prophet] would have seen it humbled and split apart in its awe of God: We offer people such illustrations so that they may reflect.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Had We sent down this Qur’ân on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rent asunder by the fear of Allâh. Such are the parables which We put forward to mankind that they may reflect.

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

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لَوْlawIf
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe (had) sent down
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaQuran
عَلَىٰʿalāon
جَبَلٍۢjabalina mountain
لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥlara-aytahusurely you (would) have seen it
خَـٰشِعًۭاkhāshiʿanhumbled
مُّتَصَدِّعًۭاmutaṣaddiʿanbreaking asunder
مِّنْminfrom
خَشْيَةِkhashyati(the) fear
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُl-amthāluexamples
نَضْرِبُهَاnaḍribuhāWe present them
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the people
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnagive thought