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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Luqman — Ayah 10

31:10
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ١٠
He1 created the heavens without any pillars visible to you2 and He placed mountains in the earth as pegs lest it should turn topsy turvy with you,3 and He dispersed all kinds of animals over the earth, and sent down water from the sky causing all kinds of excellent plants to grow on it.
Footnotes
  • [1] After the above introductory sentence, the discourse now turns to the real theme, i.e. the refutation of shirk and the invitation to Tauhid.
  • [2] The actual words bi-ghair i amad-in tarauna-ha in the text may have two meanings:
  • [3] (1) “You can see for yourself that they stand without pillar”; and
  • [4] Qira’at: Abu ʻAmr and Warsh read it as: “In the name of Allah who causes it to sail and who causes it to anchor .”
  • [5] Qira’at: Al-Kesa’i and Yaʻqub read it as: “. . . surely, he acted unrighteously . . .”
  • [6] Qira’at: Nafieʻ, Ibn Kathir, Ibn ʻAmer and Abu Jaʻfar read it as: “. . . so never ask me about . . .”