The Thunder
13. Ar-Raʿd
الرعد

Al Ra‘d (The Thunder)

ٱلرَّعْد

13:31
13:31

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 yukhlifu l-mīʿāda

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.

Ali Quli Qarai