| وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبِّي نَسْفًا |
| Asad | : | AND THEY WILL ask thee about [what will happen to] the mountains [when this world comes to an end]. Say, then: "My Sustainer will scatter them far and wide, |
| Malik | : | They ask you as to what will happen to the mountains. Tell them: "My Rabb will crush and scatter them like a fine dust. |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | And ˹if˺ they ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the mountains, ˹then˺ say, “My Lord will wipe them out completely, |
| Pickthall | : | They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | They ask thee concerning the mountains: say "My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust;" 2630 2631 |
| Transliteration | : | Wayasaloonaka AAani aljibali faqul yansifuha rabbee nasfan |
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In the last verse, it was the deceptiveness and relativity of Time that was dealt with. Here we come to the question of space, solidity, bulk. The question was actually put to the holy Prophet: what will become of the solid Mountains, or in the English phrase, "the eternal hills"? They are no more substantial than anything else in this temporal world. When the "new world", (xiii. 5) of which Unbelievers doubted, is actually in being, the mountains will cease to exist. We can imagine the scene of judgment as a level plain, in which there are no ups and downs and no places of concealment. All is straight and level, without corners, mysteries, or lurking doubts. |
