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Qur’an 78:20 An-Naba, verse 20

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
An-Naba (78)
Verse
20 of 40
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
582

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَسُيِّرَتِwasuyyiratiAnd are movedس ي ر
ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountainsج ب ل
فَكَانَتْfakānatand becomeك و ن
سَرَابًاsarābana mirageس ر ب

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 78:20 in An-Naba.

  • 78:18يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭاThe Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
  • 78:19وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭاAnd the heaven is opened and will become gateways
  • 78:21إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭاIndeed, Hell has been lying in wait
  • 78:22لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭاFor the transgressors, a place of return,

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