لَوۡ
أَنزَلۡنَا
هَٰذَا
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
عَلَىٰ
جَبَلٖ
لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ
خَٰشِعٗا
مُّتَصَدِّعٗا
مِّنۡ
خَشۡيَةِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
وَتِلۡكَ
ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ
نَضۡرِبُهَا
لِلنَّاسِ
لَعَلَّهُمۡ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
٢١
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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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Asserting the Greatness of the Qur'an
Allah the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status, and its being worthy of making hearts humble and rent asunder upon hearing it, because of the true promises and sure threats that it contains,
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْءَانَ عَلَى جَب
…Asserting the Greatness of the Qur'an
Allah the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status, and its being worthy of making hearts
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