________________________________________________________________________ | w w w |\ | || || | || |\ | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, |\ | ( : / (_) / ( . |\ | |\ | || || | || |T | | || | |\ | . _, _8 |_D_|| . _,_,_,_D_|| 4_|| q ]_o_7_o _|_c 4_|_|| _|,_p q |\ | (_): / (_): . : / (_S (_S / |\ | |\ | In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the All-Merciful |\ | Greeting of Allah be upon Muhammad and the pure members of his House |\ |_______________________________________________________________________|\ Salamun Alaykum, The question below was kindly answered by Mulla Asgher. Regards Abbas Jaffer Moderator - 'Aalim Network ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: "And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them" (Qur'an 21:31) Does anyone know what is it meant by "lest it should shake with them"? Some brother wants to know the answer(and me too). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer: Allama Tabatabai in Tafsire Mizan says that the weight of the mountains gives the earth stability and stops it from moving from side to side. In between the mountains there are stable paths for men to traverse - as you will see in the rest of the verse. Asgherali M M Jaffer