سُوْرَةُ النَّبَاِ

Surah An-Naba (78) — Ayah 7

The Announcement · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 582

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ﴿7﴾
And the mountains as pegs?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ wal-jibāla And the mountains
أَوْتَادًۭا awtādan (as) pegs

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(Ayah 7) {وَ الْجِبَالَ اَوْتَادًا :} And to maintain the balance of the earth and to save it from a constant state of earthquake, mountains have been embedded in it like pegs. {’’ اَوْتَادًا ‘‘ ’’وَتَدٌ‘‘} is the plural of, pegs.

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7. 1. That is, He made the mountains as pegs for the earth so that it may remain stable and not move.

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7. And the mountains as pegs [5].

[5]
The Establishment of the Mountains:

When the earth was created, it initially kept trembling, swaying, rocking, and tossing about here and there. In such a state, it was not possible for humans to live upon it. We fixed long ranges of mountains upon its back like pegs, and created them at various places in such proportion that the trembling and swaying of the earth ceased, and it was made suitable for humans to walk upon it with ease. They could build houses and other structures upon it and spend their entire lives in tranquility.