Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Muzzammil, Ayah 14

Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 14 · View Ayah
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًۭا مَّهِيلًا
On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

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يوم1x
ترجف1x
ٱلأرض1x
وٱلجبال1x
وكانت1x
ٱلجبال1x
كثيبا1x
مهيلا1x

Al-Jalalayn Commentary

on the day when the earth and the mountains will quake and the mountains will be like heaps of shifting sand mahīl derives from hāla yahīlu; it is actually mahyūl but the damma sound is considered too heavy for the yā’ and is therefore transposed onto the hā’ while the wāw the second of two unvocalised consonants is omitted on account of it being extra and the damma is replaced by a kasra because of its phonetic affinity the letter yā’.

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Then Allah explained when this will take place, saying: (On the day when the earth and the hills rock) on the day when the earth and the mountains will quake, (and the hills become a heap of running sand.

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