The Quran

سورة الانشقاق

Surah Al-Inshiqâq 84:1

The Bursting Asunder · Verse 1 of 25

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

When the sky bursts asunder,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the sky is rent asunder,

Ahmed Ali

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

11 more translations

Ali Unal

When the heaven is split asunder,

Daryabadi

When the heaven is sundered.

Faridul Haque

When the heaven breaks apart.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When the heaven bursts asunder,

Maulvi Sher Ali

When the heaven bursts asunder,

Muhammad Musin Khan

When the heaven is split asunder,

Muhammad Pickthall

When the heaven is split asunder

Muhammad Sarwar

When the heavens are rent asunder

Muhammed ali Shakir

When the heaven bursts asunder,

Rashad Khalifa

The time will come when the sky is ruptured.

Shabbir Ahmed

When the sky is rent asunder.

Commentary 84:1-2 All heavenly bodies are included in the word Samâ’السَّمَاءُand these bodies will be destroyed at the time of the Resurrection. Their listening means…

On 84:1–2

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ﴿١﴾إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

84:1-2 All heavenly bodies are included in the word Samâ’السَّمَاءُand these bodies will be destroyed at the time of the Resurrection. Their listening means their being obedient to Divine Command. Metaphorically Inshiqâqالانشقاق- the bursting asunder may mean the coming down of Divine Revelation.