سُوْرَةُ الْحَشْرِ
Surah Al-Hashr (59) — Ayah 21
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَـٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿21﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Had We sent down this Qur’ân on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rent asunder by the fear of Allâh. Such are the parables which We put forward to mankind that they may reflect.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَوْ
law
If
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalnā
We (had) sent down
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
l-qur'āna
Quran
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
جَبَلٍۢ
jabalin
a mountain
لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ
lara-aytahu
surely you (would) have seen it
خَـٰشِعًۭا
khāshiʿan
humbled
مُّتَصَدِّعًۭا
mutaṣaddiʿan
breaking asunder
مِّنْ
min
from
خَشْيَةِ
khashyati
(the) fear
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَتِلْكَ
watil'ka
And these
ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ
l-amthālu
examples
نَضْرِبُهَا
naḍribuhā
We present them
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
to the people
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yatafakkarūna
give thought
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
21. 1. And We would have created in the mountain the capacity for understanding and perception which We have placed inside the human being.
21. 2. That is, in the Noble Qur’an We have described such aspects of eloquence and clarity, strength and reasoning, and admonition and reminder, that upon hearing them, even the mountains—despite their hardness, vastness, and height—would be shattered into pieces out of fear of Allah. This is being explained and warned to the human being: you have been given the abilities of intellect and understanding. But if your heart does not accept any effect after hearing the Qur’an, then your end will not be good.
21. 3. So that they may take admonition from the exhortations of the Qur’an and, upon hearing its warnings, refrain from disobedience. Some say that in this verse, the address is to the Prophet ﷺ: We have revealed to you this Noble Qur’an, which possesses such greatness and majesty that if We had revealed it upon a mountain, it would have been shattered into pieces. But this is Our favor upon you, that We have made you so strong and firm that you ﷺ bore that which even the mountains do not have the strength to bear. Fath al-Qadeer. After this, Allah Almighty is describing His attributes, the purpose of which is to establish the Oneness of Allah and to refute polytheism.
21. 2. That is, in the Noble Qur’an We have described such aspects of eloquence and clarity, strength and reasoning, and admonition and reminder, that upon hearing them, even the mountains—despite their hardness, vastness, and height—would be shattered into pieces out of fear of Allah. This is being explained and warned to the human being: you have been given the abilities of intellect and understanding. But if your heart does not accept any effect after hearing the Qur’an, then your end will not be good.
21. 3. So that they may take admonition from the exhortations of the Qur’an and, upon hearing its warnings, refrain from disobedience. Some say that in this verse, the address is to the Prophet ﷺ: We have revealed to you this Noble Qur’an, which possesses such greatness and majesty that if We had revealed it upon a mountain, it would have been shattered into pieces. But this is Our favor upon you, that We have made you so strong and firm that you ﷺ bore that which even the mountains do not have the strength to bear. Fath al-Qadeer. After this, Allah Almighty is describing His attributes, the purpose of which is to establish the Oneness of Allah and to refute polytheism.
