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 Surah Taha 20:105-108 [6/8] ↕
  
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وَيَسْــَٔلُونَكَAnd they ask you
عَنِabout
ٱلْجِبَالِthe mountains,
فَقُلْso say,
يَنسِفُهَا"Will blast them
رَبِّىmy Lord
نَسْفًا(into) particles.
﴿١٠٥﴾
فَيَذَرُهَاThen He will leave it,
قَاعًاa level
صَفْصَفًاplain.
﴿١٠٦﴾
لَّاNot
تَرَىٰyou will see
فِيهَاin it
عِوَجًاany crookedness
وَلَآand not
أَمْتًاany curve."
﴿١٠٧﴾
يَوْمَئِذٍOn that Day
يَتَّبِعُونَthey will follow
ٱلدَّاعِىَthe caller,
لَاno
عِوَجَdeviation
لَهُۥ‌ۖfrom it.
وَخَشَعَتِAnd (will be) humbled
ٱلْأَصْوَاتُthe voices
لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِfor the Most Gracious,
فَلَاso not
تَسْمَعُyou will hear
إِلَّاexcept
هَمْسًاa faint sound.
﴿١٠٨﴾

وَيَسۡـئَلُوۡنَكَ عَنِ الۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ يَنۡسِفُهَا رَبِّىۡ نَسۡفًا ۙ‏   فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفۡصَفًا ۙ‏  لَّا تَرٰى فِيۡهَا عِوَجًا وَّلَاۤ اَمۡتًا ؕ‏  يَوۡمَـئِذٍ يَّتَّبِعُوۡنَ الدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهٗ​ؕ وَخَشَعَتِ الۡاَصۡوَاتُ لِلرَّحۡمٰنِ فَلَا تَسۡمَعُ اِلَّا هَمۡسًا‏ 
Translation
(20:105) They ask you concerning the mountains: "Where will they go?" Say: "My Lord will scatter them like dust, (20:106) and leave the earth a levelled plain (20:107) in which you shall find no crookedness or curvature.83 (20:108) On that Day people shall follow straight on to the call of the summoner, no one daring to show any haughtiness. Their voices shall be hushed before the Most Compassionate Lord, so that you will hear nothing but a whispering murmur.84
Commentary

83. According to the Quran, the earth will take a new shape in the Hereafter:

The earth will be spread. (Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Ayat 3).

The bottoms of the oceans will be split (and the whole water will sink down in the earth). (Surah Al-Infitar, Ayat 3).

The oceans will be filled up. (Surah At-Takweer, Ayat 6).

The mountains will be reduced to fine dust and scattered away and there will be left no curve or crease in the earth. (Surah Taaha, Ayats 105-107).

On that day the earth will be totally changed. (Surah Ibrahim, Ayat 48).

And it will be turned into a garden and given to the pious people to dwell therein forever. (Surah Az-Zumur, Ayat 74).

This shows that ultimately this earth will be turned into Paradise which will be inherited by the pious and righteous servants of Allah. The whole earth will become one country, and there will be no mountains, oceans, rivers and deserts which today divide it into countless countries and homelands and divide mankind as well into as many tribes, races and classes. Ibn Abbas and Qatadah have the same view that Paradise will be established on this very earth.

84. The original Arabic word hams is used for the sound of footsteps, the sound of whispering and other low sounds. What it implies here is that the people will be so awestricken on that Day that there will be no sound other than that of footsteps and whispering.