لَوۡ
أَنزَلۡنَا
هَٰذَا
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
عَلَىٰ
جَبَلٖ
لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ
خَٰشِعٗا
مُّتَصَدِّعٗا
مِّنۡ
خَشۡيَةِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
وَتِلۡكَ
ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ
نَضۡرِبُهَا
لِلنَّاسِ
لَعَلَّهُمۡ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
٢١
If We had caused this Qur'an to descend upon a mountain, thou (O Muhammad) verily hadst seen it humbled, rent asunder by the fear of Allah. Such similitudes coin We for mankind that haply they may reflect.
— M. Pickthall
Law anzalna hatha alqur-anaAAala jabalin laraaytahu khashiAAan mutasaddiAAanmin khashyati Allahi watilka al-amthalu nadribuhalinnasi laAAallahum yatafakkaroon
— Transliteration
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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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