Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 171
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وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Translation by words
- وَإِذْ
- And when
- نَتَقْنَا
- We raised
- ٱلْجَبَلَ
- the mountain
- فَوْقَهُمْ
- above them
- كَأَنَّهُۥ
- as if it was
- ظُلَّةٌ
- a canopy
- وَظَنُّوٓا۟
- and they thought
- أَنَّهُۥ
- that it
- وَاقِعٌۢ
- (would) fall
- بِهِمْ
- upon them,
- خُذُوا۟
- (We said), "Take
- مَآ
- what
- ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم
- We have given you
- بِقُوَّةٍ
- with strength
- وَٱذْكُرُوا۟
- and remember
- مَا
- what
- فِيهِ
- (is) in it
- لَعَلَّكُمْ
- so that you may
- تَتَّقُونَ
- fear Allah."
And (mention) when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, (and Allah said), "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah."
7:171
Translation: Saheeh International