وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ
فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ
وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ
بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم
بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا
فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
And (remember)
when We Nataqna
the mountain over
them as if it had
been a canopy, and
they thought that
it was going to fall
on them. (We said):
“Hold firmly to
what We have
given you (Tawrah)
and remember that
which is therein
(act on its
commandments),
so that you may
fear Allah and
obey Him.”
Raising Mount Tur over the Jews, because of Their Rebellion
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayat
وَإِذ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ
And (remember) when We Nataqna the mountain over them
“We raised the mountain, as Allah’s other statement testifies,
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ
الطُّورَ بِمِيثَـقِهِمْ
And for their covenant, We raised over them the mountain (An-Nisa 154).”
Also, Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrated that Al-A`mash said that, Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, “The angels raised the Mount over their heads, as reiterated by Allah’s statement,
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ
We raised over them the mountain.”
Al-Qasim bin Abi Ayyub narrated that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, “Musa later on proceeded with them to the Sacred Land. He took along the Tablets, after his anger subsided, and commanded them to adhere to the orders that Allah ordained to be delivered to them. But these orders became heavy on them and they did not want to implement them until Allah raised the mountain over them,
كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ
as if it had been a canopy
that is, when the angels raised the mountain over their heads.” An-Nasa’i collected it.