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Surah al-Hashr (The Gathering ) 59 : 21

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and split asunder from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(59:21:1)
(59:21:2)
anzalnā
We (had) sent down
(59:21:3)
(59:21:4)
l-qur'āna
Quran
(59:21:5)
(59:21:6)
jabalin
a mountain
(59:21:7)
lara-aytahu
surely you (would) have seen it
(59:21:8)
khāshiʿan
humbled
(59:21:9)
mutaṣaddiʿan
breaking asunder
(59:21:10)
(59:21:11)
khashyati
(the) fear
(59:21:12)
l-lahi
(of) Allah
(59:21:13)
(59:21:14)
l-amthālu
examples
(59:21:15)
naḍribuhā
We present them
(59:21:16)
lilnnāsi
to the people
(59:21:17)
(59:21:18)
yatafakkarūna
give thought

1. Lessons/Guidance/Reflections/Gems

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Explanatory Note

The surah now adds a powerful note that shakes hearts to the core. It portrays what effect the Qur'an would have had on solid rocks had it been so sent down. This image reflects the truth. This Qur'an has such weight, power and shaking influence that is absolutely irresistible when we receive it as it truly is. `Umar ibn al-Khattab had such an experience when he overheard a reciter reading the opening of Surah 52: "By Mount Sinai; by a scripture inscribed on unrolled parchment; by the much-visited House; by the vault raised high; by the swelling sea; your Lord's punishment will indeed come to pass. Nothing can stop it..." (52: 1-8) As he listened, he leaned on a wall nearby. He then went back home and felt ill. People kept visiting him for a month, enquiring after his health.

The moments when a person is fully receptive of some truth contained in the Qur'an will see him shake and shudder. He will experience such changes that are best represented in the physical world by the effects of magnetism and electricity or even stronger. God, the Creator of the mountains who bestowed the Qur'an from on high, says: "if We had sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah."  Anyone who has had some experience of the Qur'an touching their inner souls will appreciate this truth in a way that cannot be otherwise expressed. Such an image should keep hearts thinking and reflecting.

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6. Frequency of the word

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7. Period of Revelation

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Bukhari and Muslim contain a hadith from Sa’id bin Jubair to the effect “When I asked Abdullah bin Abbas about Surah Al-Hashr, he replied that it was sent down concerning the battle against the Banu-Nadheer just as Surah 8: al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) was sent down concerning the Battle of Badr. “As for the question as to when this battle took place, Imam Zuhri has stated on the authority of Urwah bin Zubair that it took place six months after the Battle of Badr. However, Ibn Sa’d, Ibn Hisham and Baladhuri regard it as an event of Rabi’ al-Awwal, 4 A.H.

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9. Relevant Hadith

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  • The Prophet Muhammad [saw] said, وفضلُ كلامِ اللهِ على سائرِ الكلامِ كفضلِ اللهِ على خلقِه “The superiority of the speech of Allah compared to all other speech is like the  superiority  of Allah over His creation.” [Tirmidhee no. 2926 -  حسن  [Hasan]

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Overview

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The Influence of the Qur'an

The surah now adds a powerful note that shakes hearts to the core. It portrays what effect the Qur'an would have had on solid rocks had it been so sent down:

Had We brought down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humble itself and break asunder for fear of God. We put such images before people so that they may reflect. (Verse 21)

This image reflects the truth. This Qur'an has such weight, power and shaking influence that is absolutely irresistible when we receive it as it truly is. `Umar ibn al-Khattab had such an experience when he overheard a reciter reading the opening of Sarah 52: "By Mount Sinai; by a scripture inscribed on unrolled parchment; by the much-visited House; by the vault raised high; by the swelling sea; your Lord's punishment will indeed come to pass. Nothing can stop it..." (52: 1-8) As he listened, he leaned on a wall nearby. He then went back home and felt ill. People kept visiting him for a month, enquiring after his health.

The moments when a person is fully receptive of some truth contained in the Qur'an will see him shake and shudder. He will experience such changes that are best represented in the physical world by the effects of magnetism and electricity or even stronger. God, the Creator of the mountains who bestowed the Qur'an from on high, says: "Had We brought down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humble itself and break asunder for fear of God." (Verse 21) Anyone who has had some experience of the Qur'an touching their inner souls will appreciate this truth in a way that cannot be otherwise expressed. "We put such images before people so that they may reflect." (Verse 21) Such an image should keep hearts thinking and reflecting.
 

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