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they will come rushing to you. Know that Allah is Allah’s promise is fulfilled. Allah will not fail to
Almighty, All-Wise.’ (2:260) keep His promise. (13:31)
(Salih said to his people,) ‘Remember when He They concocted their plots, but their plots were
appointed you successors to ‘Ad and settled you with Allah, even if they were such as to make the
in the land. You built palaces on its plains and mountains vanish. (14:46)
carved out houses from the mountains. As for the earth, We stretched it out and cast
Remember Allah’s blessings and do not go about firmly embedded mountains in it and made
the earth, corrupting it.’ (7:74) everything grow in due proportion on it. (15:19)
When Musa came to Our appointed time and his They carved out houses from the mountains,
Lord spoke to him, he said, ‘My Lord, show me feeling safe. (15:82)
Yourself so that I may look at You!’ He said, ‘You He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth
will not see Me, but look at the mountain. If it re- so it would not move under you, and rivers and
mains firm in its place, then you will see Me.’ But pathways so that hopefully you would be guided.
when His Lord manifested Himself to the moun- (16:15)
tain, He crushed it flat and Musa fell uncon- Your Lord revealed to the bees: ‘Build dwellings
scious to the ground. When he regained in the mountains and the trees, and also in the
consciousness he said, ‘Glory be to You! I repent structures which men erect.’ (16:68)
to You and I am the first of the believers!’ (7:143) Allah has made shaded places for you in what
When We uprooted the mountain, lifting it above He has created and He has made shelters for you
them like a canopy, and they thought it was in the mountains and He has made shirts for you
about to fall on them: ‘Seize hold vigorously of to protect you from the heat and shirts to protect
what We have given you and remember what is you from each other’s violence. In that way He
in it, so that hopefully you will guard against perfects His blessing on you so that hopefully
evil.’ (7:171) you will become Muslims. (16:81)
It sailed with them through mountainous waves, Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will
and Nuh called out to his son, who had kept certainly never split the earth apart nor will you
himself apart, ‘My son! Come on board with us. ever rival the mountains in height. (17:37)
Do not stay with the disbelievers!’ He said, ‘I will On the Day We make the mountains move and
take refuge on a mountain; it will protect me you see the earth laid bare and We gather them
from the flood.’ He said, ‘There is no protection together, not leaving out a single one of them.
from Allah’s command today except for those He (18:47)
has mercy on.’ The waves surged in between Then he (Dhu’l-Qarnayn) followed a path until
them and he was among the drowned. (11:42- he arrived between the two mountains where he
43) found a people scarcely able to understand
It is He Who stretched out the earth and placed speech. (18:92-93)
firmly embedded mountains and rivers in it and (Dhu’l-Qarnayn said,) ‘Bring me ingots of iron!’
made two types of every kind of fruit. He covers Then, when he had made it level between the
over day with night. There are Signs in that for two high mountain-sides, he said, ‘Blow!’ and
people who reflect. (13:3) when he had made it a red hot fire, he said,
Even if there was a Qur’an which moved moun- ‘Bring me molten brass to pour over it.’ (18:96)
tains, or split the earth open or spoke to the The heavens are all but rent apart and the earth
dead...! On the contrary! The affair is Allah’s al- split open and the mountains brought crashing
together. Do those who believe not know that if down. (19:90)
Allah had wanted to He could have guided all They will ask you about the mountains. Say: ‘My
mankind? Those who disbelieve will not cease to Lord will scatter them as dust.’ (20:105)
be struck by disaster for what they have done–or We placed firmly embedded mountains on the
a disaster will happen close to their homes–until earth, so it would not move under them, and We
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