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Remember when He appointed you successors to 'Ad and settled
you in the land. You built palaces on its plains and carved out houses
from the mountains. Remember Allah's blessings and do not go about
the earth, corrupting it.' (Surat al-A'raf, 74)
When Musa came to Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him,
he said, 'My Lord, show me Yourself so that I may look at You!' He
said, 'You will not see Me, but look at the mountain. If it remains firm
in its place, then you will see Me.' But when His Lord manifested Him-
self to the mountain, He crushed it flat and Musa fell unconscious to
the ground. When he regained consciousness he said, 'Glory be to You!
I repent to You and I am the first of the believers!' (Surat al-A'raf, 143)
When We uprooted the mountain, lifting it above them like a
canopy, and they thought it was about to fall on them: 'Seize hold vig-
orously of what We have given you and remember what is in it, so that
hopefully you will guard against evil.' (Surat al-A'raf, 171 )
It sailed with them through mountainous waves, and Nuh called out
to his son, who had kept himself apart, 'My son! Come on board with
us. Do not stay with the disbelievers!' He said, 'I will take refuge on a
mountain; It will protect me from the flood.' He said, 'There is no pro-
tection from Allah's command today except for those He has mercy
on.' The waves surged in between them and he was among the
drowned. It was said, 'Earth, swallow up your water!' and, 'Heaven,
hold back your rain!' And the water subsided and the affair was con-
cluded and the Ark came to land on al-Judi. And it was said, 'Away
with the people of the wrongdoers!' (Surah Hud, 42-44)
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!) On the contrary! The affair is Allah's altogether. Do
those who believe not know that if Allah had wanted to He could have
guided all mankind? Those who disbelieve will not cease to be struck
by disaster for what they have done – or a disaster will happen close to
their homes – until Allah's promise is fulfilled. Allah will not fail to
keep His promise. (Surat ar-Ra'd, 31)
They concocted their plots, but their plots were with Allah, even if