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وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ
“And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains.”
Why these verses?
Mountains as stabilizers.
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AL-HIJRearth-1
وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains.
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AR-RAHMANseas-1
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]; between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
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AL-ANAManimals-1
وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّا أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم
And there is no creature on the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you.
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وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ
“And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them.”
Why these verses?
Mountains prevent earth from shaking.