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21. Surah • 31. Verse
Word Analysis
فِى
fī
in
أَن
an
lest
بِهِمْ
bihim
with them
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
لَّعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
And we placed on earth stabilizers, lest it tumbles with them, and we placed straight roads therein, that they may be guided.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
AndWe made on the earth stabilizers so that it would not tumble with you, and We made in it wide paths that they may be guided.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
We made on the earth stabilizers so that it would not tumble with you, and We made in it wide paths that they may be guided.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
And We created mountains on the earth, lest it should shake with them, and We have made therein paths and ways, so that they are guided.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive Guidance.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
And We placed firm mountains on earth lest it should sway with them,[1] and We made wide paths[2] in them that they may find their way;[3]
3
This is a very meaningful sentence. It may mean that the people may find paths for traveling on the earth, and it may also mean that the wisdom that underlies the skill and the system of their creation may guide them to the reality.
2
"Broad highways" are the passes between high mountains and the valleys and ravines made by the rivers in the mountainous regions and other natural ways that connect different regions on the earth.
1
For explanation, see (E. N. 12 of Surah An-Nahl).
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction,
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way.
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
And We have placed firm mountains upon the earth so it does not shake with them, and made in it broad pathways so they may find their way.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth, so it would not move under them, and We put broad valleys as roadways in it, so that perhaps they might be guided.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
We placed stabilisers in the earth so that as it revolved with them you lived undisturbed; and We provided passageways between them so that men may find their way;
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And We have made in the earth anchorages (i. e., the mountains) so that it should not reel with them, and We made therein ravines (Or; passageways) as ways, that possibly they would be guided.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
And We set in the earth firm mountains lest it should shake with them, and We set in it ravines to serve as ways, that haply so they may be guided;
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
And We placed stable mountains on the earth, lest it should move with them; and We made broad passages between them for paths, that they might be directed in their journeys:
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, and We parted them; and We made every living thing from water. Will they then not believe?
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
And We have made firm mountains on the earth so that they may be a source of benefit and provision for the people and lest it should quake with them. And We made on it wide pathways that people may find right guidance to reach the goal.
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
I firmly established the mountains on earth to turn with them. I have also put highways on them so that they may travel.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
We set firm mountains in the earth lest it should shake with them, and We made broad ways in them so that they may be guided [to their destinations].
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
And we placed on the earth firm mountains lest it should move with them, and He made therein open roads for paths, haply they may be guided!
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
And [are they not aware that] We have set up firm mountains on earth, lest it sway with them, and [that] We have appointed thereon broad paths, so that they might find their way,
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And We made on the Earth stabilizers so that it would not tumble with you, and We made in it wide paths that they may be guided.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
And We furnished the earth with firm stays Mountains* placed in a certain setting, fixed as with an anchor, to stabilize it lest it should sway you from side to side or in all directions and We furnished it with paths, roads, channels, routes by land and water and between mountains so that they may be guided in their journeys between the different places.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And on the earth we have set mountains standing firm, in case it should shake with them, and in there We have made wide roads (between mountains) for them to pass through: That they may receive guidance.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
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.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
And We have set firm mountains on the earth, lest it sway with them (16:15). And We have made therein broad roadways so that they might find their way.
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And We made in the earth firm mountains lest it sway with them; and We made therein mountain passes as ways, that they might be guided;