" If We had sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah . And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought. "
{ لو أنزلنا هذا القرآن على جبل } وجعل فيه تمييز كالإنسان { لرأيته خاشعا متصدعا } متشققا { من خشية الله وتلك الأمثال } المذكورة { نضربها للناس لعلهم
Allah the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status and of being worthy of making hearts humble and rent asunder upon hearing it, because of the true promises and sure threats that it contains,
﴿ لَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ۬ لَّرَأَيۡتَهُ ۥ خَـٰشِعً۬ا
مُّتَصَدِّعً۬ا مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ ﴾
(Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rent asunder by the fear of Allah.) If this is the case with a mountain which is hard and huge, that if it was made able to comprehend and understand this Qur'an, will feel humble and crumble from fear of Allah the Exalted, then what about you -- O mankind Why do your hearts not feel softness and humbleness from the fear of Allah, even though you understand Allah's command and comprehend His Book This is why Allah said,
﴿ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلُ نَضۡرِبُہَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴾
(Such are the parables which We put forward to mankind that they may reflect.) There is a Hadith of the Mutawatir grade that states that the Messenger of Allah had someone make him a Minbar. Before that, he used to stand next to a tree trunk in the Masjid to deliver speeches. So, when the Minbar was made and placed in the Masjid, the Prophet came to deliver a speech and passed the tree trunk, headed towards the Minbar, the tree trunk started weeping, just like an infant. The tree trunk missed hearing the remembrance of Allah and the revelation that were being recited next to it. In one of the narrations for this Hadith, Al-Hasan Al-Basri said after narrating the Hadith, "You - mankind -- are more worthy to miss the Messenger of Allah than the tree trunk!'' Likewise, this honorable Ayah asks that if the solid mountains feel humble and are rent asunder from the fear of Allah, if it heard Allah's Speech and comprehended it, what about you -- O mankind -- who heard the Qur'an and understood it Allah the Exalted said in another Ayah,
﴿ وَلَوۡ أَنَّ قُرۡءَانً۬ا سُيِّرَتۡ بِهِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ أَوۡ قُطِّعَتۡ بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَوۡ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۗ ﴾
(And if there had been a Qur'an with which mountains could be moved, or the earth could be cloven asunder, or the dead could be made to speak.)(13:31) We mentioned the meaning of this Ayah as stating that, if there were a Qur'an that has these qualities, it would be this Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said in another Ayah
﴿ وَإِنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنۡهُ ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُۚ وَإِنَّ مِنۡہَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُ ٱلۡمَآءُۚ وَإِنَّ مِنۡہَا لَمَا يَہۡبِطُ مِنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۗ ﴾
(And indeed, there are stones out of which rivers gush forth, and indeed, there are of them (stones) which split asunder so that water flows from them, and indeed, there are of them which fall down for fear of Allah.)(2:74)
لما فرغ سبحانه من ذكر أهل الجنة وأهل النار ، وبين عدم استوائهم في شيء من الأشياء ذكر تعظيم كتابه الكريم ، وأخبر عن جلالته ، وأنه حقيق بأن تخشع له القلوب وترق له الأفئدة فقال : لو أنزلنا هذا القرآن على جبل لرأيته خاشعا متصدعا من خشية الله أي من شأنه وعظمته وجودة ألفاظه وقوة مبانيه وبلاغته واشتماله على المواعظ التي تلين لها القلوب أنه لو أنزل على جبل من الجبال الكائنة في الأرض لرأيته مع كونه في غاية القسوة [ ص: 1480 ] وشدة الصلابة وضخامة الجرم خاشعا متصدعا : أي متشققا من خشية الله سبحانه حذرا من عقابه وخوفا من أن لا يؤدي ما يجب عليه من تعظيم كلام الله ، وهذا تمثيل وتخييل يقتضي علو شأن القرآن وقوة تأثيره في القلوب ، ويدل على هذا قوله : وتلك الأمثال نضربها للناس لعلهم يتفكرون فيما يجب عليهم التفكر فيه ليتعظوا بالمواعظ وينزجروا بالزواجر ، وفيه توبيخ وتقريع للكفار حيث لم يخشعوا للقرآن ، ولا اتعظوا بمواعظه ، ولا انزجروا بزواجره ، والخاشع : الذليل المتواضع .
وقيل : الخطاب للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : أي لو أنزلنا هذا القرآن يا محمد على جبل لما ثبت ولتصدع من نزوله عليه ، وقد أنزلناه عليك وثبتناك له وقويناك عليه ، فيكون على هذا من باب الامتنان على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ؛ لأن الله سبحانه ثبته لما لا تثبت له الجبال الرواسي
