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The Request to Move the Mountains
English rendering of the source section
Local English translation from the Arabic text; Qur’anic citations and editorial explanations are distinguished.
This local English rendering may condense the Arabic narration and editorial notes. It is not a complete published English edition. Consult the Arabic source for exact wording and context.
Read the corresponding Arabic sectionThe account says that Quraysh asked for the mountains to be moved, the land opened, rivers made to flow, and their dead ancestors raised. The response cited is: “If there were a Qur’an by which mountains were moved, the earth split, or the dead addressed, the command belongs wholly to Allah” (13:31). The Messenger’s signs were not granted at the demands of his opponents; he delivered what Allah had sent him with.