The Thunder
13. Ar-Raʿd
الرعد
Page #253
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وَلَوْ
أَنَّ
قُرْآنًا
سُيِّرَتْ
بِهِ
الْجِبَالُ
أَوْ
قُطِّعَتْ
بِهِ
الْأَرْضُ
أَوْ
كُلِّمَ
بِهِ
الْمَوْتَى
بَل
لِّلَّهِ
الْأَمْرُ
جَمِيعًا
أَفَلَمْ
يَيْأَسِ
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
أَن
لَّوْ
يَشَاءُ
اللَّهُ
لَهَدَى
النَّاسَ
جَمِيعًا
وَلَا
يَزَالُ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
تُصِيبُهُم
بِمَا
صَنَعُوا
قَارِعَةٌ
أَوْ
تَحُلُّ
قَرِيبًا
مِّن
دَارِهِمْ
حَتَّى
يَأْتِيَ
وَعْدُ
اللَّهِ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
لَا
يُخْلِفُ
الْمِيعَادَ
wa-law ʾanna qurʾānan suyyirat bihi l-jibālu ʾaw quṭṭiʿat bihi l-ʾarḍu ʾaw kullima bihi l-mawtā bal li-llāhi l-ʾamru jamīʿan ʾa-fa-lam yayʾasi lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾan law yashāʾu llāhu la-hadā n-nāsa jamīʿan wa-lā yazālu lladhīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bi-mā ṣanaʿū qāriʿatun ʾaw taḥullu qarīban min dārihim ḥattā yaʾtiya waʿdu llāhi ʾinna llāha lā yukhlifu l-mīʿāda
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!) But, truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise.
— Abdullah Yusufali
If only it were a Quran whereby the mountains could be moved, or the earth could be toured, or the dead could be spoken to.... Indeed, all dispensation belongs to Allah. Have not the faithful yet realised that had Allah wished He would have guided mankind all together? The faithless will continue to be visited by catastrophes because of their doings—or they will land near their habitations—until Allah’s promise comes to pass. Indeed Allah does not break His promise.
