The Quran

سورة الرَّحمٰن

Surah Al-Rahmân 55:37

The Most Gracious · Verse 37 of 78

فَإِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And when the heaven splits up and turns crimson like red hide (how will you fare then)?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:

Ahmed Ali

When the sky will split asunder, and turn rosy like the dregs of annointing oil,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And finally when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy like red hide – !

Daryabadi

And when the heaven will be rent in sunder and will become rosy like Unto red hide.

Faridul Haque

And when the heaven will split, it will appear like a rose painted red.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So when the heaven is rent asunder, so it becomes red like red hide.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And when the heaven is rent asunder and become red like red hide.

Muhammad Asad

And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil. -

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide.

Muhammad Pickthall

And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -

Muhammad Sarwar

(On the Day of Judgment) when the heavens are rent asunder they will have a flowery color and flow like oil.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red hide.

Rashad Khalifa

When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.

Shabbir Ahmed

And when the power of the high elite will shatter and they will burn in anguish.