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The Stability of the Earth and the Meaning of Allah’s Saying: “And you see the mountains, thinking them stationary”

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Question:
The second one says their reward is due. It is established that I should fear the other matter and the other, and I am more deserving of that, and I see that the Imam is not safe, and that Allah is with him.

Answer:
The earth is stable, as Allah the Exalted informed us, from
made the earth a stable groundجَعَلَ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا
[An-Naml 27:61]
, a stable settling, and He made it firm. If the earth were not stable, no building would stand upon it, and no people would live upon it. You know what happens in earthquakes, may Allah protect us, when something of the earth moves; what happens? The collapse of buildings. The earth is stationary; it is only shaken on the Day of Resurrection
When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquakeإِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
[Az-Zalzalah 99:1]
so fear
Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ
[Al-Hajj 22:1]
This is when the Hour stands; it moves and trembles. Before that, it is stationary and calm, praise be to Allah.
As for His saying
And you see the mountains, thinking them rigidوَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً
[An-Naml 27:88]
this is on the Day of Resurrection when the mountains are moved. The mountains are moved when the Hour stands; they become like smoke, passing like clouds. They move, they rush, they become scattered dust, as Allah the Exalted said. This is on the Day of Resurrection, not before the Day of Resurrection. The context of the verses indicates this. The context of the verses indicates this. As for those who try to validate the ideas of the atheists and oppose the Qur'an, or interpret the Qur'an other than its true interpretation, this is misguidance and leading others astray.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4 من 12/ شرح الأصول الثلاثة / بم عرفت ربك؟ قل: بآياته ومخلوقاته/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:29)

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