16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 15
وَاَلْقٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ اَنْ تَم۪يدَ بِكُمْ وَاَنْهَاراً وَسُبُلاً لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَۙ
Waalqa fee al-ardi rawasiyaan tameeda bikum waanharan wasubulan laAAallakum tahtadoon
He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so it would not move under you, and rivers and pathways so that hopefully you would be guided, and landmarks.
- Progressive Muslims
And He has cast into the Earth stabilizers so that it does not sway with you, and rivers, and paths, perhaps you will be guided.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And He has placed firm mountains on earth, lest it sway with you, and rivers and paths, so that you may find your way. (21:31), (31:10). (Mountains are the most vivid evidence of the geological history of the earth. With the earth's interior still being almost a molten fluid, the earth crust cooled off becoming hard and mountains came into being like pegs as the crest shrank (78:7)).
- Sam Gerrans
And He cast into the earth firm mountains lest it sway with you; and rivers and ways, that you might be guided;
- The Monotheist Group
And He has cast onto the earth stabilizers so that it would not tumble with you, and rivers, and paths, perhaps you will be guided.
- Edip-Layth
He has cast into the earth stabilizers so that it does not sway with you, and rivers, and paths, perhaps you will be guided.
- Aisha Bewley
He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so it would not move under you, and rivers and pathways so that hopefully you would be guided, and landmarks.
- Rashad Khalifa
And He placed stabilizers (mountains) on earth, lest it tumbles with you, as well as rivers and roads, that you may be guided.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
He placed stablisers in the earth so that while it revolves you live undisturbed, and rivers and tracks so that you may find your way;
- Sahih International
And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,
- Muhammad Asad
And he has placed firm mountains on earth, lest it sway with you, and rivers and paths, so that you might find your way,
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And He hath cast into the earth firm hills that it quake not with you, and streams and roads that ye may find a way.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And the earth He furnished with firm stays (mountains) placed in a certain setting, fixed as with an anchor to stabilize* it lest it should sway you from side to side or in all directions. And He furnished it with rivers and road-ways to use as a guide in your travels from one place to another,
- Bijan Moeinian
He has placed firm standing mountains on the earth to turn with you (everything on earth joins its turning around itself and round the sun as well as moving towards an unknown destiny. ) See also the roads and the rivers that He has created and you use them to find your destination.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads, that you may guide yourselves.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide yourselves;
- Mustafa Khattab
He has placed into the earth firm mountains, so it does not shake with you, as well as rivers, and pathways so you may find your way.
- Taqi Usmani
And He placed mountains on the earth, lest it should shake with you, and rivers and tracks, so that you may find the right way,
- Abdul Haleem
He has made mountains stand firm on the earth, to prevent it shaking under you, and rivers and paths so that you may find your way,
- Arthur John Arberry
And He cast on the earth firm mountains, lest it shake with you, and rivers and ways; so haply you will be guided;
- E. Henry Palmer
And He has cast firm mountains on the earth lest it move with you; and rivers and roads; haply ye may be guided.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And He has cast firm mountains on the earth lest it shake with you; and rivers and roads; per chance (or possibly) you may be guided.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And He has cast in the earth anchorages (i. e., mountains) so that it should not reel with you, and rivers and ways that possibly you would be guided,
- George Sale
And He hath thrown upon the earth mountains firmly rooted, lest it should move with you, and also rivers, and paths, that ye might be directed:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And He has placed the mountains standing firm on the earth, in case it should roll with you; And rivers and roads; So that you may guide yourselves;
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And He has placed firm mountains in the earth lest it shall quake and that they may be a source of benefit and provision of food for you, and (has made) rivers (flow on it), and many routes that you may take the right way to reach your goal.
- Ali Quli Qarai
He cast in the earth firm mountains lest it should shake with you, and [made] streams and ways, so that you may be guided