← Surah 16

16:15

وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَـٰرًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Word by word

وَأَلْقَىٰ
And He has cast
Verb
Root: لقي
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَلْقَىٰVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
فِى
in
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فِىPreposition — preposition
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
Noun
Root: أرض
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
أَرْضِNoun — feminine، genitive
رَوَٰسِىَ
firm mountains
Noun
Root: رسو
Grammar (i'rab)
رَوَٰسِىَNoun — active participle، fem. plur.، accusative
أَن
lest
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
تَمِيدَ
it should shake
Verb
Root: ميد
Grammar (i'rab)
تَمِيدَVerb — imperfect، 3rd fem. sing.
بِكُمْ
with you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
كُمْNoun — pronoun، 2nd masc. plur.
وَأَنْهَٰرًا
and rivers
Noun
Root: نهر
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَنْهَٰرًاNoun — masc. plur.، indefinite، accusative
وَسُبُلًا
and roads
Noun
Root: سبل
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
سُبُلًاNoun — masc. plur.، indefinite، accusative
لَّعَلَّكُمْ
so that you may
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّعَلَّPreposition — accusative
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
تَهْتَدُونَ
be guided
Verb
Root: هدي
Grammar (i'rab)
تَهْتَدُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide yourselves;

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

He has made mountains stand firm on the earth, to prevent it shaking under you, and rivers and paths so that you may find your way,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And He hath cast into the earth firm hills that it quake not with you, and streams and roads that ye may find a way.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Yeryüzünde, sarsılmayasınız diye, sabit dağlar, nehirler ve belki yolunuzu bulursunuz diye yollar ve işaretler meydana getirmiştir. Onlar yıldızla da yollarını bulurlar.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Allah, yeryüzü sizi sarsmasın diye oraya sabit dağlar yerleştirdi. Yolunuzu bulmanız için de nehirler ve yollar yarattı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Sizi sarsması konusunda yer içinde ağır baskılar, (ayrıca gideceğiniz yerlere) ulaşmanız için ırmaklar, yollar ve işaretler yerleştirmiştir. Onlar, yıldız(lar)la da yollarını (yönlerini) bulurlar.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وأرسى في الأرض جبالا تثبتها حتى لا تميل بكم، وجعل فيها أنهارًا؛ لتشربوا منها، وجعل فيها طرقًا؛ لتهتدوا بها في الوصول إلى الأماكن التي تقصدونها.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

In earlier scriptures

  • Psalm 104:5parallel
    Creation & cosmology

    Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

    Note

    יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

    Shared image of the earth made stable: 'Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed' (Psalm 104:5) ↔ 'He cast into the earth firm mountains, lest it shift with you' (Q 16:15; also 78:7 'mountains as pegs'). (Interpretation: a shared textual image, not a geological claim.)

    King James Version (KJV)public-domain

Where this verse appears