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Surah Al-Waaqia (56) — Ayah 5

The Inevitable · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 534

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا ﴿5﴾
And the mountains will be powdered to dust,
وَبُسَّتِ wabussati And will be crumbled
ٱلْجِبَالُ l-jibālu the mountains
بَسًّۭا bassan (with awful) crumbling

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(Ayah 5) {وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا: ’’بَسَّ يَبُسُّ بَسًّا‘‘} (n) To shatter into pieces. {’’ بَسًّا ‘‘} With the verbal noun, the intention is to express exaggeration in shattering the mountains, as He said: « وَ يَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبِّيْ نَسْفًا (105) فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا (106) لَّا تَرٰى فِيْهَا عِوَجًا وَّ لَاۤ اَمْتًا » [ طٰہٰ : ۱۰۵ تا ۱۰۷ ] "And they ask you about the mountains, so say: My Lord will scatter them as dust. Then He will leave it a level plain. You will not see therein any crookedness or any unevenness."

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5. 1. The meaning of رَجًا is movement and disturbance (earthquake), and the meaning of بس is to be shattered into pieces.

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5. And the mountains will be crushed to pieces [3].

[3] That is, the earthquake on the earth will not occur on a local level. Rather, the entire earth will begin to tremble, shake, and sway. The grip of the mountains on the earth will loosen, and one stone will fall upon another, crumbling into particles like sand. Then a strong wind will scatter and carry away the particles of these mountains. Think, will it be possible for you to remain alive on the earth at that time?