| LANDSCAPES
MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN
MOUNTAINS
We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth, so
it would not move under them, and We put broad valleys as roadways in
it, so that perhaps they might be guided. (Surat al-Anbiya', 31)
It is Allah Who created the heavens with no support -
you can see them - and cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so
that it would not move under you, and scattered about in it creatures
of every kind. And We send down water from the sky and make every generous
species grow in it. (Surah Luqman, 10)
Remember when We made the covenant with you and lifted
up the Mount above your heads: 'Take hold vigorously of what We have given
you and pay heed to what is in it, so that hopefully you will guard against
evil.' (Surat al-Baqara, 63)
Remember when We made a covenant with you and lifted
up the Mount above your heads: 'Take hold vigorously of what We have given
you and listen.' They said, 'We hear and disobey.' They were made to drink
the Calf into their hearts because of their disbelief. Say, 'If you are
believers, what an evil thing your faith has made you do.' (Surat al-Baqara,
93)
There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from your Lord.
When you pour down from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark.
Remember Him because He has guided you, even though before this you were
astray. (Surat al-Baqara, 198)
When Ibrahim said, 'My Lord, show me how You bring the
dead to life.' He asked, 'Do you not then believe?' He replied, 'Indeed
I do! But so that my heart may be at peace.' He said, 'Take four birds
and train them to yourself. Then put a part of them on each mountain and
call to them; they will come rushing to you. Know that Allah is Almighty,
All-Wise.' (Surat al-Baqara, 260)
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
Himself 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
vigorously 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 protection 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 concluded 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 they were such as to make the mountains vanish. (Surah
Ibrahim, 46)
They carved out houses from the mountains, feeling safe.
(Surat al-Hijr, 82)
He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so it
would not move under you, and rivers and pathways so that hopefully you
would be guided. (Surat an-Nahl, 15)
On the Day We make the mountains move and you see the
earth laid bare and We gather them together, not leaving out a single
one of them. (Surat al-Kahf, 47)
'Bring me ingots of iron!' Then, when he had made it
level between the two high mountain-sides, he said, 'Blow!' and when he
had made it a red hot fire, he said, 'Bring me molten copper to pour over
it.' (Surat al-Kahf, 96)
They have devised a monstrous thing. The heavens are
all but rent apart and the earth split open and the mountains brought
crashing down. (Surah Maryam, 89-90)
They will ask you about the mountains. Say: 'My Lord
will scatter them as dust. (Surah Ta Ha, 105)
And a tree springing forth from Mount Sinai yielding oil and a seasoning
to those who eat. (Surat al-Mu'minun, 20)
TRACTs
And in the earth there are tracts side by side and gardens of grapes
and corn and palm trees having one root and (others) having distinct roots-
they are watered with one water, and We make some of them excel others
in fruit; There are Signs in that for people who use their intellect.
(Surat ar-Ra'd, 4)
VALLEYs
I am your Lord. Take off your sandals. You are in the
holy valley of Tuwa. (Surah Ta Ha, 12)
But when he reached it a voice called out to him from
the right hand side of the valley in the part which was full of blessing,
from out of the bush: 'Musa, I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surat
al-Qasas, 30)
Has the story of Musa reached you: when his Lord called
out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa? (Surat an-Na'ziat, 15-16)
And as for poets, it is the misled who follow them. Do
you not see that they wander about bewildered in every valley? (Surat
ash-Shu'ara', 224-225)
Then, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant
said, 'Ants! Enter your dwellings so that Sulayman and his troops do not
crush you unwittingly.' (Surat an-Naml, 18)
GARDENS AND SPRINGS
We expelled them from gardens and springs. (Surat ash-Shu'ara',
57)
Have fear of Him Who has supplied you with what you know,
supplied you with livestock and children and gardens and clear springs.
(Surat ash-Shu'ara', 132-134)
… amid gardens and clear springs, and cultivated fields
and palms with supple spathes? Will you continue hewing houses from the
mountains with exultant skill? (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 147-149)
How many gardens and fountains they left behind,
(Surat ad-Dukhan, 25)
SEAS
He Who made the earth a stable dwelling place and appointed
rivers flowing through its midst and placed firmly embedded mountains
on it and set a barrier between the two seas. Is there another god besides
Allah? No indeed, but most of them do not know it! (Surat an-Naml, 61)
He Who guides you in the darkness of land and sea and
sends out the winds bringing advance news of His mercy. Is there another
god besides Allah? May Allah be exalted above what they associate with
Him! (Surat an-Naml, 63)
Corruption has appeared in both land and sea because
of what people's own hands have brought about so that they may taste something
of what they have done so that hopefully they will turn back. (Surat ar-Rum,
41)
The two seas are not the same: the one is sweet, refreshing,
delicious to drink, the other salty, bitter to the taste. Yet from both
of them you eat fresh flesh and extract ornaments for yourselves to wear;
and you see ships on them, cleaving through the waves so that you can
seek His bounty and so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Surah Fatir,
12)
It is Allah Who has made the sea subservient to you so
that the ships sail on it at His command, enabling you to seek His bounty,
so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 12)
THE EARTH AND THE SKY
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky
and threads it through the earth to emerge as springs and then by it brings
forth crops of varying colours, which then wither and you see them turning
yellow and then He makes them into broken stubble? There is a reminder
in that for people of intelligence. (Surat az-Zumar, 21)
It is Allah Who made the earth a stable home for you
and the sky a dome, and formed you, giving you the best of forms, and
provided you with good and wholesome things. That is Allah, your Lord.
Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surah Ghafir, 64)
Among His Signs is that you see the earth laid bare and
then when We send down water on it, it quivers and swells. He Who gives
it life is He Who gives life to the dead. Certainly He has power over
all things. (Surah Fussilat, 39)
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything
between them as a game. (Surat ad-Dukhan, 38)
And He has made everything in the heavens and everything
on the earth subservient to you. It is all from Him. There are certainly
Signs in that for people who reflect. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 13)
And the earth: how We stretched it out and cast firmly
embedded mountains onto it and caused luxuriant plants of every kind to
grow in it. (Surah Qaf, 7)
ROADS
Allah has spread the earth out as a carpet for you so
that you could use its wide valleys as roadways."' (Surah Nuh, 19-20)
He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so it
would not move under you, and rivers and pathways so that hopefully you
would be guided. (Surat an-Nahl, 15)
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and threaded
pathways for you through it and sent down water from the sky by which
We have brought forth various different types of plants. (Surah Ta Ha,
53)
We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth, so
it would not move under them, and We put broad valleys as roadways in
it, so that perhaps they might be guided. (Surat al-Anbiya', 31)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky
and by it We bring forth fruits of varying colours? And in the mountains
there are streaks of white and red, of varying shades, and rocks of deep
jet black. (Surah Fatir, 27)
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and made
pathways for you in it so that hopefully you would be guided. (Surat az-Zukhruf,
10)
By Heaven with its oscillating orbits. (Surat adh-Dhariyat,
7)
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