What does Quran 78:7 mean?

Quran 78:7 (Surah An-Naba, Ayah 7) translates to: "And the mountains as stakes?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 78:7 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), the 78th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Divine Power, Divine Signs, Day of Judgment, Idolatry.

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا

Wal jibaala au taada

And the mountains as stakes?

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

2 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

78:7Ayah 140

11 ayahs in An-Naba are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

and the mountains pegs? with which the earth is tied down like tents are tied down with pegs the interrogative is meant as an affirmative.

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