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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
21. Had We sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting apart from the fear of Allah [26]. And We set forth these examples for mankind so that they may reflect.
[26]
The Greatness of the Quran and the Negligence of Man:
That is, if Allah Almighty had granted the mountains—such mighty and massive creations—the understanding, choice, and intellect and consciousness that have been granted to man, and then it was told to them that they must live as obedient servants of Allah, and that their deeds would also be questioned, then even they would tremble at this very thought. But the insensitivity of man is such that, even after taking up this burden of trust, neither does fear overcome him, nor does he worry about what answer he will give before his Lord in the Hereafter if he spends his life in heedlessness and forgetfulness of God, and how he will escape His grasp. Rather, even after hearing the Quran and being informed of all the realities, he remains so unaffected as if he were an inanimate and unconscious stone, to which, apart from these lifeless qualities, no human faculties have been given at all.
[26]
The Greatness of the Quran and the Negligence of Man:
That is, if Allah Almighty had granted the mountains—such mighty and massive creations—the understanding, choice, and intellect and consciousness that have been granted to man, and then it was told to them that they must live as obedient servants of Allah, and that their deeds would also be questioned, then even they would tremble at this very thought. But the insensitivity of man is such that, even after taking up this burden of trust, neither does fear overcome him, nor does he worry about what answer he will give before his Lord in the Hereafter if he spends his life in heedlessness and forgetfulness of God, and how he will escape His grasp. Rather, even after hearing the Quran and being informed of all the realities, he remains so unaffected as if he were an inanimate and unconscious stone, to which, apart from these lifeless qualities, no human faculties have been given at all.
