Ayat 31. And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it
should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass
through, that they may be guided.
Ayat 32.
And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn
away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).
[Tafseer]
And We have set on the earth
mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them, and We have made
therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that they
may receive Guidance. Lest it should shake with them: here "them" refers back to "they" at
the end of the preceding verse, meaning "Unbelievers". It might be mankind in
general, but the pointed address to those who do not realise and understand
Allah's mercies is appropriate, to drive home to them the fact that it is
Allah's well-ordered providence that protects them normally from cataclysms like
earthquakes, but that they could for their iniquities be destroyed in an
instant, as the 'Ad and the Thamud were destroyed before them. As pointed out in
above, if the surface of the earth were levelled up, it would all be under
water, and therefore the firm mountains are a further source of security for
life which has evolved in terrestrial forms. Though the mountains may seem
impassable barriers, yet Allah's providence has provided broad passes between
them to afford highways for human communications. In both the literal and
the figurative sense. Literally, these natural mountain highways direct men in
the way they should go. Figuratively, these wonderful instances of Allah's
providence should turn men's thoughts to the true guidance of Allah in life and
spiritual progress. And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded yet do
they turn away from the Signs which these things (point
to)! Canopy
well-guarded: the heavens form a canopy that is
secure from falling down: they also form a sublime spectacle and a Mystery that
man can only faintly reach. Perhaps also the mystery of spiritual life is
metaphorically hinted
Hazrat Abu Hurairah
(May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah 
[SAWW](PBUH) took hold of my hand and said, "Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created the
earth on Saturday, the mountains on Sunday, the trees on Monday, the things
entailing labour on Tuesday, light on Wednesday, He spread out animals of all
kinds on Thursday, and created Adam in the afternoon on Friday, and it was the
last hour of Friday between the afternoon and the
night.''
[Muslim Book 39, Chapter 02, Hadith #
6707]
Lesson : as
mentioned above in Surah Al-Anbiya' Ayat 31."We have placed on the
earth firm mountains" What does
"Day'' mean, and how
long can it be? Its reality only Allah knows. We observe a day of 24 hours.
However, the days of the formation of the universe are evidently different from
our earthly days. According to the Arabic language, a day may mean just a
moment, but also aeons of time. In the Qur'an also, Allah has mentioned that a
`day' may be of one thousand or fifty thousand years.
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