The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:171
وَإِذْ
نَتَقْنَا
الْجَبَلَ
فَوْقَهُمْ
كَأَنَّهُ
ظُلَّةٌ
وَظَنُّوا
أَنَّهُ
وَاقِعٌ
بِهِمْ
خُذُوا
مَا
آتَيْنَاكُم
بِقُوَّةٍ
وَاذْكُرُوا
مَا
فِيهِ
لَعَلَّكُمْ
تَتَّقُونَ
wa-ʾidh nataqnā l-jabala fawqahum ka-ʾannahū ẓullatun wa-ẓannū ʾannahū wāqiʿun bihim khudhū mā ʾātaynākum bi-quwwatin wa-dhkurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna
When We raised the mount above them as a shadow and made it speak to them, they thought that it would fall on them. We told them to devote themselves decisively to what was given to them and follow its guidance so that they would have fear of God.
