# 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 20 - **Surah:** 78. Surah An-Naba (The Announcement) — سورة النبأ - **Verse:** 20 / 40 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 581 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-20 ## Arabic وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَـكَانَتْ سَرَاباًۜ ## Transcription Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanatsaraba ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley and the mountains are shifted and become a mirage. ### Progressive Muslims And the mountains will be moved as if they were a mirage. ### Shabbir Ahmed And the 'great ones' lose power as if they were mirage. (20:105), (56:5), (77:10), (81:3). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And the mountains are set in motion and become a mirage: ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And the mountains will be moved as if they were a mirage. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament The mountains will be removed, as if they were a mirage. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. ### Muhammad Asad and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. ### Marmaduke Pickthall And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] One should bear in mind the fact that here also, as at many other places in the Quran, the different states of Resurrection have been mentioned all together. In the first verse, mention has been made of what will happen at the final sounding of the Trumpet and in the following two verses of the state which will appear at the second sounding of the Trumpet. This we have already explained in E.N. 10 of Surah Al-Haaqqah above. The heavens shall be opened means: All obstacles in the heavens will be removed and every heavenly calamity from every side will befall freely as though all doors for it were open and no door had remained closed to obstruct its happening. The mountains will be set in motion till they become as a mirage means: In no time will the mountains be uprooted from their places and then will be scattered away in particles leaving nothing but vast, empty sand plains behind. This same state has been described in Surah TaHa, thus: They ask you, well, where will the mountains go on that Day? Say to them: My Lord will reduce them to fine dust and scatter it away. He will turn the earth into an empty level plain, wherein you will neither see any curve nor crease. (verses 105-107 and the corresponding E. N . 83). ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab and the mountains are set in motion and into a mirage as if transmigrated. ### Bijan Moeinian And the mountains will be erased from the face of the earth as if they were a mirage. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran and the mountains will be blown away, becoming ˹like˺ a mirage. ### Taqi Usmani and the mountains will be set in motion, so they will be as mirage. ### Abdul Haleem when the mountains will vanish like a mirage. ### Arthur John Arberry and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. ### E. Henry Palmer and the mountains shall be moved, and shall be like a mirage! ### Hamid S. Aziz And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. ### Mahmoud Ghali And the mountains are made to travel, (and) so have become a mirage. ### George Sale and the mountains shall pass away, and become as a vapour; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. ### Amatul Rahman Omar And the mountains shall be wiped out and shall become (as if reduced to) plains of sand. ### Ali Quli Qarai and the mountains will be set moving and become a mirage. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Dağlar yürütülmüş, serap olmuştur (organların sınırlaması kalmamıştır). ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Dağlar yürütülmüş, artık bir serab oluvermiştir. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Dağlar yürütülür, serap haline gelir. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Dağlar yürütülür, serap haline gelir. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ve dağlar yütürülmüş olmuştur serab ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Dağlar yürütülmüş, bir serap olmuştur. ### Gültekin Onan Dağlar yürütülmüş, artık bir serab oluvermiştir. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim dağlar (yerlerinden koparılıb) yürütülmüş, bir serab haaline gelmişdir. ### İbni Kesir Dağlar yürütülmüş, serab olmuştur. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı ve dağların bir serapmış gibi kaybolup gittiği (gün). ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Dağlar yürütülüp, serap olmuştur. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Dağlar yürütülmüş, bir serab olmuştur. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Dağlar yürütülmüş, bir serap oluvermiştir. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an ve dağlar yürütülür, sanki sir serap olur. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Dağlar yürütülmüş, bir serap olmuştur. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Dağlar yürütülmüş; yanılsama olmuştur. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Dağlar yürütülmüş, sadece hayalleri kalmış olur. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Dağlar da yürütülmüş, serap hâline getirilmiş (olacak)tır. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Dağlar yürütülmüş, bir serap olmuştur. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Dağlar yürütülmüş, bir serap olmuştur. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Dağlar yürütülmüş, seraba dönüşmüş olur[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Kehf 18/47,](https://quran.so/18/47) [Taha 20/105](https://quran.so/20/105)-[107,](https://quran.so/20/107) [Tur 52/10,](https://quran.so/52/10) [Vakıa 56/5](https://quran.so/56/5)-[6,](https://quran.so/56/6) [Hakka 69/14,](https://quran.so/69/14) [Mearic 70/9,](https://quran.so/70/9) [Müzzemmil 73/14,](https://quran.so/73/14) [Mürselat 77/10,](https://quran.so/77/10) [Tekvir 81/3,](https://quran.so/81/3) [Karia 101/5.](https://quran.so/101/5) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَسُيِّرَتِ — wasuyyirati | And are moved | سير — Sin-Ye-Ra | | 2 | ٱلْجِبَالُ — l-jibālu | the mountains | جبل — Cim-Be-Lam | | 3 | فَكَانَتْ — fakānat | and become | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 4 | سَرَابًا — sarāban | a mirage | سرب — Sin-Ra-Be | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-19.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-21.md Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.