Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 171
۞ وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌۭ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Oto wstrząsnęliśmy górę nad nimi, jak gdyby to był baldachim, i oni sądzili, że ona spadnie na nich: " Trzymajcie mocno to, co wam daliśmy, i wspominajcie, co w niej zawarte! Być może, będziecie bogobojni!"
wa-idh nataqnā l-jabala fawqahum ka-annahu ẓullatun waẓannū annahu wāqiʿun bihim khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wa-udh'kurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna
Word by word
- ۞ وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
- نَتَقْنَا nataqnā We raised
- ٱلْجَبَلَ l-jabala the mountain
- فَوْقَهُمْ fawqahum above them
- كَأَنَّهُۥ ka-annahu as if it was
- ظُلَّةٌۭ ẓullatun a canopy
- وَظَنُّوٓا۟ waẓannū and they thought
- أَنَّهُۥ annahu that it
- وَاقِعٌۢ wāqiʿun (would) fall
- بِهِمْ bihim upon them
- خُذُوا۟ khudhū (We said), "Take
- مَآ mā what
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم ātaynākum We have given you
- بِقُوَّةٍۢ biquwwatin with strength
- وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ wa-udh'kurū and remember
- مَا mā what
- فِيهِ fīhi (is) in it
- لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may
- تَتَّقُونَ tattaqūna fear Allah
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Raising Mount Tur over the Jews, because of Their Rebellion
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,
(And (remember) when We Nataqna the mountain over them), "We raised the mountain, as Allah's other statement testifies,
(And for their covenant, We raised over them the mountain) 4:154." Also, Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrated that Al-A`mash said that, Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "The angels raised the Mount over their heads, as reiterated by Allah's statement,
(We raised over them the mountain) 4:154." Al-Qasim bin Abi Ayyub narrated that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Musa later on proceeded with them to the Sacred Land. He took along the Tablets, after his anger subsided, and commanded them to adhere to the orders that Allah ordained to be delivered to them. But these orders became heavy on them and they did not want to implement them until Allah raised the mountain over them,
(as if it had been a canopy), that is, when the angels raised the mountain over their heads." An-Nasa'i collected it.