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

Al-Hashr 59:21

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لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَـٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لو أنزلنا هذا القرآن على جبل من الجبال، ففهم ما فيه مِن وعد ووعيد، لأبصَرْته على قوته وشدة صلابته وضخامته، خاضعًا ذليلا متشققًا من خشية الله تعالى. وتلك الأمثال نضربها، ونوضحها للناس؛ لعلهم يتفكرون في قدرة الله وعظمته. وفي الآية حث على تدبر القرآن، وتفهم معانيه، والعمل به.

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