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13:31 - If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved or the earth were cloven asunder
or the dead were made to speak (this would be the one!)
1847 Everything is possible and in Allah's power. His Plan is beneficient and all-embracing. But it is not for His creatures to
dictate to Him, or demand what He should do, or how He should do it. The Command is with Allah in all things. The
Believers know His omnipotence, and they also know that He will order His world for the best. (13.31)
1848 Let not the Unbelievers think that if they seem to prosper for a time, that is the end of the matter. They are warned
about three things. (1) their ill deeds must carry evil consequences for them all the time, though they may not perceive
them for a certain time. (2) Their homes, their places of resort, the circles in which they move, will also be haunted by
their ill deeds and their consequences. For evil makes a complex of its environment. The walls of Jericho, when they
fall, must bring down all Jericho in its ruins. (3) The ultimate Disaster, the final Reckoning, must come, for Allah never
fails in His promise. True values must eventually be restored: the good to the good, and the evil to the evil, The
Commentators draw illustrations from the life of the Prophet, his exile from Makkah, and his restoration. A similar
miracle works in all history. But the Command is with Allah. (13.31)
15:19- And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and
immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance. 19551956
1955 Majesty, order, beauty and harmony are shown in all Allah's Creation, but especially in the heavens. Coming nearer to
man, Allah's care for man and His goodness are shown (besides His other qualities) in His creation of the earth. In
highly poetical language, the earth is described as spread out like a carpet, on which the hills act as weights to keep it
steady. (15.19)
1956 And every kind of thing is produced on the earth in due balance and measure. The mineral kingdom supports the
vegetable and they in their turn support the animal, and there is a link of mutual dependence between them. Excess is
eliminated. The waste of one is made the food of another, and vice versa. And this is a chain of gradation and interdependence.
(15.19)
15:82 - Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices (feeling themselves) secure. 2003
2003 Remains of these rock edifices in the Hijr are still found, and the City of Petra is not more than 380 miles from Jabal
Hijr. See n. 1043 to vii. 73. "Petra" in Greek means "Rock". For the Inscriptions found there, and their significance, see
Appendix IV to S. xxvi. (15.82)
18:47 - One Day We shall remove the mountains and thou wilt see the earth as a level stretch and
We shall gather them all together nor shall We leave out any one of them. 2388
2388 On the Day of Judgment none of our present landmarks will remain. (18.47)
20:105 - They ask thee concerning the mountains: say "My Lord will uproot them and scatter them
as dust;" 26302631
2630 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. (20.105)
20:106 - "He will leave them as plains smooth and level;"
20:107 - Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place."
21:31 - And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm lest it should shake with them and
We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that
they may receive guidance. 26922693
2692 Cf. xvi. 15 and n. 2038. Lest it should shake with them: here "them" refers back to "they" at the end of the preceding
verse, meaning "Unbelievers". It might be mankind in general, but the pointed address to those who do not realise and
understand Allah's mercies is appropriate, to drive home to them the fact that it is Allah's well-ordered providence that
protects them normally from cataclysms like earthquakes, but that they could for their iniquities be destroyed in an
instant, as the 'Ad and the Thamfid were destroyed before them. As pointed out in n. 2691 above, if the surface of the
earth were levelled up, it would all be under water, and therefore the firm mountains are a further source of security of
life which has evolved in terrestrial forms. Though the mountains may seem impassable barriers, yet Allah's
providence has provided broad passes between them to afford highways for human communications. (21.31)
2693 In both the literal and the figurative sense. Literally these natural mountain highways direct men in the way they
should go. Figuratively, these wonderful instances of Allah's providence should turn men's thoughts to the true
guidance of Allah in life. (21.31)
21:61 - Or who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains
immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (Can there
be another) god besides Allah? Nay most of them know not. 32953296
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