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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:15

Word by word

وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَـٰرًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأرسى في الأرض جبالا تثبتها حتى لا تميل بكم، وجعل فيها أنهارًا; لتشربوا منها، وجعل فيها طرقًا; لتهتدوا بها في الوصول إلى الأماكن التي تقصدونها.

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