Al-Qur'an Surah An-Naba Verse 7

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and the mountains bulwarks?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and ˹made˺ the mountains as ˹its˺ pegs,[[ Just like tent pegs and icebergs, mountains go deep below the surface, slowing tectonic movement.]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

And the mountains as stakes,

A. J. Arberry

and the mountains as pegs?

Abdul Haleem

and make the mountains to keep it stable?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the mountains as stakes?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the mountains as pegs?

Abul Ala Maududi

and fixed the mountains like pegs,

Ahmed Ali

The mountains tent-pins?

Ahmed Raza Khan

And the mountains as pegs?

Ali Quli Qarai

and the mountains stakes?

Ali Ünal

And the mountains as masts?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the mountains as (a series of) pegs?

English Literal

And the mountains (as) stakes/hooks (anchors) .

Faridul Haque

And the mountains as pegs?

Hamid S. Aziz

And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Hilali & Khan

And the mountains as pegs?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And we have created you in pairs,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the high hills bulwarks?

Muhammad Sarwar

and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)?

Qaribullah & Darwish

and the mountains as pegs?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And the mountains as pegs

Wahiduddin Khan

and raised the mountains like supporting poles?

Talal Itani

And the mountains pegs?

Tafsir jalalayn

and the mountains pegs?, with which the earth is tied down like tents are tied down with pegs (the interrogative is meant as an affirmative).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And the mountains as pegs,

meaning, He made them as pegs for the earth to hold it in place, make it stable and firm. This is so that it may be suitable for dwelling and not quake with those who are in it.

Then Allah says,

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا