Sourate An-Naml · سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ · Juz 20

Q 27:61

أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَـٰلَهَآ أَنْهَـٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Traductions

N'est-ce pas Lui qui a établi la terre comme lieu de séjour, placé des rivières à travers elle, lui a assigné des montagnes fermes et établi une séparation entre les deux mers, - Y a-t-il donc une divinité avec Allah? Non, mais la plupart d'entre eux ne savent pas.

Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but most of them do not know.

Sahih International · EN

Tafsir

N’est-Il pas Celui qui fit en sorte que la Terre soit stable et ferme et qu’elle ne tremble pas sous ses habitants ? N’est-Il pas Celui qui y a fait couler des rivières et y a placé des montagnes bien ancrées ? N’est-Il pas Celui qui a établi une séparation entre l’eau douce et l’eau salée qui empêche leur mélange et que l’eau douce potable ne soit rendue imbuvable par le sel ? Y a-t-il un autre Dieu qui accomplit cela de concert avec Allah ? Non, mais la plupart ne savent pas cela car s’ils le savaient, ils n’auraient associé à Allah aucune de Ses créatures.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies

Lire Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abrégé, en anglais))

Is not He Who has made the earth as a fixed abode, and has placed rivers in its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set a barrier between the two seas (of salt and sweet water)? Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Nay, but most of them know not (61) Allah says: أَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا (Is not He Who has made the earth as a fixed abode,) meaning, stable and stationary, so that it does not move or convulse, because if it were to do so, it would not be a good place for people to live on. But by His grace and mercy, He has made it smooth and calm, and it is not shaken or moved. This is like the Ayah, اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً (Allah, Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy)(40:64). وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَهَا أَنْهَارًا (and has placed rivers in its midst,) means, He has placed rivers which are fresh and sweet, cutting through the earth, and He has made them of different types, large rivers, small rivers and some in between. He has caused them to flow in all directions, east, west, south, north, according to the needs of mankind in different areas and regions, as He has created them throughout the world and sends them their provision according to their needs. وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ (and has placed firm mountains therein,) means, high mountains which stabilize the earth and make it steadfast, so that it does not shake. وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا (and has set a barrier between the two seas) means, He has placed a barrier between the fresh water and the salt water, to prevent them from mixing lest they corrupt one another. Divine wisdom dictates that each of them should stay as it is meant to be. The sweet water is that which flows in rivers among mankind, and it is meant to be fresh and palatable so that it may be used to water animals and plants and fruits. The salt water is that which surrounds the continents on all sides, and its water is meant to be salty and undrinkable lest the air be corrupted by its smell, as Allah says: وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَحْجُورًا (And it is He Who has let free the two seas, this is palatable and sweet, and that is salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.)(25:53) Allah says: أَإِلَٰهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ ۚ (Is there any god with Allah?) meaning, any god who could do this, or who deserves to be worshipped? Both meanings are indicated by the context. بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ (Nay, but most of them know not!) means, in that they worship others than Allah.

Texte arabe : Tanzil (uthmani). Traductions : Muhammad Hamidullah (fr), Sahih International (en). tanzil.net