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Al-Anbya 31

Ayah 31 of 112 · Meccan

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجٗا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٣١

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَجَعَلۡنَاAnd We (have) placedwajaʿalnā
  2. فِيinfī
  3. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  4. رَوَٰسِيَfirmly set mountainsrawāsiya
  5. أَنlestan
  6. تَمِيدَit (should) shaketamīda
  7. بِهِمۡwith thembihim
  8. وَجَعَلۡنَاand We madewajaʿalnā
  9. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  10. فِجَاجٗاbroad passesfijājan
  11. سُبُلٗا(as) wayssubulan
  12. لَّعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  13. يَهۡتَدُونَ(be) guidedyahtadūna

Tafsir

And I made firm mountains on earth, so that it does not shake those on its surface. I made in it wide paths and ways, so that they may find their way in their journeys towards their objectives.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran