What the Qur'an is said to do to a mountain
A comparison offered against a human heart.
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَـٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Law anzalnā hādha-l-qur'āna ʿalā jabalin la-ra'aytahu khāshiʿan mutaṣaddiʿan min khashyati-llāh…
“If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.”
Source
The Qur'an · 59:21
Qur'an
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International