Surah Al-Anbiya 21:31 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 31 / 112 · Page 324

وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

Word by Word

وَجَعَلْنَا
waja'alna
And We (have) placed
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
رَوَاسِيَ
rawasiya
firmly set mountains
أَن
an
lest
تَمِيدَ
tamida
it (should) shake
بِهِمْ
bihim
with them
وَجَعَلْنَا
waja'alna
and We made
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
فِجَاجًا
fijajan
broad passes
سُبُلًا
subulan
(as) ways
لَّعَلَّهُمْ
la'allahum
so that they may
يَهْتَدُونَ
yahtaduna
(be) guided

Transliteration

Wa ja'alnaa fil ardi rawaasiya an tameeda bihim wa ja'alnaa feehaa fijaajan subulal la'allahum yahtadoon

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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