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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 61 (27:61)

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أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنْهَٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ …

Quran 27:61 is ayah 61 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 382 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:61
أَمَّنجَعَلَٱلْأَرْضَقَرَارًاوَجَعَلَخِلَٰلَهَآأَنْهَٰرًاوَجَعَلَلَهَارَوَٰسِىَوَجَعَلَبَيْنَٱلْبَحْرَيْنِحَاجِزًا ۗأَءِلَٰهٌمَّعَٱللَّهِ ۚبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ٦١
amman jaʿala l-arḍa qarāran wajaʿala khilālahā anhāran wajaʿala lahā rawāsiya wajaʿala bayna l-baḥrayni ḥājizan a-ilāhun maʿa l-lahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.(61)

Word by word

  1. أَمَّنammanOr Who
  2. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
  3. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  4. قَرَارًاqarārana firm abode
  5. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
  6. خِلَٰلَهَآkhilālahā(in) its midst
  7. أَنْهَٰرًاanhāranrivers
  8. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
  9. لَهَاlahāfor it
  10. رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirm mountains
  11. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
  12. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  13. ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥraynithe two seas
  14. حَاجِزًا ۗḥājizana barrier
  15. أَءِلَٰهٌa-ilāhunIs there any god
  16. مَّعَmaʿawith
  17. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
  18. بَلْbalNay
  19. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
  20. لَاlā(do) not
  21. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Tafsir (commentary) of 27:61

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أَمَّن جَعَلَ الاٌّرْضَ قَرَاراً

(Is not He Who has made the earth as a fixed abode,) meaning, stable and stationary, so that it does not move or convulse, because if it were to do so, it would not be a good place for people to live on. But by His grace and mercy, He has made it smooth and calm, and it is not shaken or moved. This is like the Ayah,

اللَّهُ الَّذِى جَعَـلَ لَكُـمُ الاٌّرْضَ قَـرَاراً وَالسَّمَآءَ بِنَـآءً

(Allah, Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy) (40:64).

وَجَعَلَ خِلاَلَهَآ أَنْهَاراً

(and has placed rivers in its midst,) means, He has placed rivers which are fresh and sweet, cutting through the earth, and He has made them of different types, large rivers, small rivers and some in between. He has caused them to flow in all directions, east, west, south, north, according to the needs of mankind in different areas and regions, as He has created them throughout the world and sends them their provision according to their needs.

وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِىَ

(and has placed firm mountains therein, ) means, high mountains which stabilize the earth and make it steadfast, so that it does not shake.

وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزاً

(and has set a barrier between the two seas) means, He has placed a barrier between the fresh water and the salt water, to prevent them from mixing lest they corrupt one another. Divine wisdom dictates that each of them should stay as it is meant to be. The sweet water is that which flows in rivers among mankind, and it is meant to be fresh and palatable so that it may be used to water animals and plants and fruits. The salt water is that which surrounds the continents on all sides, and its water is meant to be salty and undrinkable lest the air be corrupted by its smell, as Allah says:

وَهُوَ الَّذِى مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَّحْجُوراً

(And it is He Who has let free the two seas, this is palatable and sweet, and that is salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.) (25:53) Allah says:

أَءِلـهٌ مَّعَ اللهِ

(Is there any god with Allah) meaning, any god who could do this, or who deserves to be worshipped Both meanings are indicated by the context.

بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ

(Nay, but most of them know not!) means, in that they worship others than Allah.

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