The Quran

سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:25

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 25 of 77

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَاءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَنْزِيلًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Call to mind) the day when the heaven shall burst and melt into raining clouds and the angels shall be made to descend in large numbers;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks),-

Ahmed Ali

The day the heavens splits asunder with a dazzling white cloud gathering and the angels descend in a continuous stream,

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Ali Unal

On that Day the heaven will split asunder with the clouds (covering it) and the angels will be made to descend in a majestic descending.

Daryabadi

And on the Day whereon the heaven shall be rent asunderg from the q clouds and the angelhall be sent downll with a great descending.

Faridul Haque

And the day when the sky will be split asunder with clouds and the angels will be sent down in full.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And on the day when the heaven burst asunder with clouds, and the angels are sent down, as they are sent.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And on that day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds overhanging it, and the angels shall be sent down in large numbers -

Muhammad Asad

And on the Day on which the skies, together with the clouds, shall burst asunder, and the angels are made to descend in a mighty descent -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And (remember) the Day when the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and the angels will be sent down, with a grand descending.

Muhammad Pickthall

A day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down, a grand descent.

Muhammad Sarwar

On that day the sky will be crystal blue, clear of clouds. The angels will descend in groups

Muhammed ali Shakir

And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending (in ranks).

Rashad Khalifa

The heaven will break apart, into masses of clouds, and the angels will descend in multitudes.

Shabbir Ahmed

The Day the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder, angels will be sent down, a grand descent in ranks.

Commentary 25:25“When the heaven shall burst and melt into raining clouds” is also an allusion to the day of the battle of Badr and the heavy rainfall on that day. This…

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَاءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

25:25“When the heaven shall burst and melt into raining clouds” is also an allusion to the day of the battle of Badr and the heavy rainfall on that day. This description is also given in 8:11 and3:124. More generally the verse applies to the Day of Judgment.