Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:171

7:171

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

wa-idh nataqnā l-jabala fawqahum ka-annahu ẓullatun waẓannū annahu wāqiʿun bihim khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wa-udh'kurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna

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

— Saheeh International

When We made the mountain loom high above them like a shadow, and they thought it would fall on them, We said, ‘Hold fast to what We have given you, and remember what it contains, so that you may remain conscious of God.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when We raised the mountain over them as if it had been a canopy, and they thought that it was going to fall on them. (We said): "Hold firmly to what We have given you [i.e. the Taurât (Torah)], and remember that which is therein (act on its commandments), so that you may fear Allâh and obey Him."

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

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۞ وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
نَتَقْنَاnataqnāWe raised
ٱلْجَبَلَl-jabalathe mountain
فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuas if it was
ظُلَّةٌۭẓullatuna canopy
وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thought
أَنَّهُۥannahuthat it
وَاقِعٌۢwāqiʿun(would) fall
بِهِمْbihimupon them
خُذُوا۟khudhū(We said), "Take
مَآmāwhat
ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumWe have given you
بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatinwith strength
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember
مَاmāwhat
فِيهِfīhi(is) in it
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnafear Allah