What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And you will see the mountains, you will think them stationary, but they will pass like the passing of clouds," and when will this be?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds

وترى الجبال تحسبها جامدةً وهي تمرّ مرّ السّحاب

[An-Naml 27:88]

? And when will that be? And what is the manner of their passing?

The Shaykh : That will be on the Day of Resurrection, because Allah the Exalted says:

⁽⁸⁷⁾ And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allah wills. And all will come to Him humbled. ⁽⁸⁸⁾ And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds

ويوم ينفخ في الصّور ففزع من في السّماوات ومن في الأرض إلاّ من شاء الله وكلّ أتوه داخرين * وترى الجبال تحسبها جامدة وهي تمرّ مرّ السّحاب

[An-Naml 27:87-88]

: And this is while they are dust, and the Qur'an explains part of itself by another part. Whoever interprets it as the rotation of the earth in this world has spoken about Allah without knowledge; rather, he has said what contradicts the saying of Allah Mighty and Majestic, because Allah mentioned this after the blowing of the Trumpet.
As for His saying:

And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid

وترى الجبال تحسبها جامدة

[An-Naml 27:88]

, and that the Day of Resurrection is entirely certainty, and it is not possible for anything in it to be called estimation or conjecture, it is said that Allah the Exalted said:

⁽¹⁾ O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing. ⁽²⁾ On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe.

يا أيّها اتّقوا ربّكم إنّ زلزلة السّاعة شيء عظيم * يوم ترونها تذهل كلّ مرضعة عمّا أرضعت وتضع كلُّ ذات حمل حملها وترى النّاس سكارى وما هم بسكارى

[Al-Hajj 22:1-2]

, and yet Allah says: "You will see them intoxicated, but they are not intoxicated," and this will be on the Day of Resurrection. Is that clear? Yes.

Source alathar.net

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