The Quran

سورة المعَارج

Surah Al-Ma‘ârij 70:8

The Ways of Ascent · Verse 8 of 44

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

The day (it befalls), the heaven shall become (red) like molten copper.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,

Ahmed Ali

The day the sky becomes like molten brass,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

The Day when the sky will be like molten metal;

Daryabadi

It shall befall on a Day whereon the heaven shall become like Unto dregs of oil.

Faridul Haque

The day when the sky will be like molten silver.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day when the heaven is as molten brass,

Maulvi Sher Ali

The day when the heaven will become like molten copper,

Muhammad Asad

[It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead,

Muhammad Musin Khan

The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead, etc.).

Muhammad Pickthall

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

Muhammad Sarwar

On the day when the heavens become like molten metal.

Muhammed ali Shakir

On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper

Rashad Khalifa

The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks.

Shabbir Ahmed

The Day when the sky will melt away.