سورة التّکویر

Surah Al-Takwîr 81:11

Losing of the Light · Verse 11 of 29

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And when the heights will be discovered,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

Ahmed Ali

The curtain drawn back from the skies,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And when the heaven is torn away (with all the truths becoming manifest);

Daryabadi

And when the heaven shall be stripped,

Faridul Haque

And when the heaven is torn away.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when the heaven has its covering removed,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And when the heaven is laid bare,

Muhammad Asad

and when heaven is laid bare,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place;

Muhammad Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Muhammad Sarwar

the heavens are unveiled,

Muhammed ali Shakir

And when the heaven has its covering removed,

Rashad Khalifa

The heaven is removed.

Shabbir Ahmed

When the sky is unveiled.

Commentary 81:11 Samâ’السَّمَاء is anything that is above us (cf. 22:15). This includes the air and the space. Here the discovery of the heights is mentioned, which is…

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

81:11 Samâ’السَّمَاء is anything that is above us (cf. 22:15). This includes the air and the space. Here the discovery of the heights is mentioned, which is not limited to the air space above us, the moon and the stars, but also encompasses the discovery of far off objects in the universe.