Quran Verses about The sky and the heavens

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ٢٩

Huwal-ladhī khalaqa lakum mā fil-arḍi jamīʿan thummastawā ilas-samāʾi fasawwāhunna sabʿa samāwāt, wa huwa bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself¹ to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ كَانَتَا رَتۡقٗا فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٠

Awalam yaral-ladhīna kafarū annas-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā, wa jaʿalnā minal-māʾi kulla shayʾin ḥayy, afalā yuʾminūn.

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلۡخَلۡقِ غَٰفِلِينَ ١٧

Wa laqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāʾiqa wa mā kunnā ʿanil-khalqi ghāfilīn.

And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٞ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ ٱئۡتِيَا طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهٗا قَالَتَآ أَتَيۡنَا طَآئِعِينَ ١١

Thummastawā ilas-samāʾi wa hiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil-arḍiʾtiyā ṭawʿan aw karhan qālatā ataynā ṭāʾiʿīn.

Then He directed Himself¹ to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being],² willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَاتٖ فِي يَوۡمَيۡنِ وَأَوۡحَىٰ فِي كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمۡرَهَاۚ وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَحِفۡظٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ١٢

Faqaḍāhunna sabʿa samāwātin fī yawmayni wa awḥā fī kulli samāʾin amrahā, wa zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa wa ḥifẓā, dhālika taqdīrul-ʿazīzil-ʿalīm.

And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection.¹ That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِثۡلَهُنَّۖ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ بَيۡنَهُنَّ لِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عِلۡمَۢا ١٢

Allāhul-ladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātiw wa minal-arḍi mithlahunn, yatanazzalul-amru baynahunna litaʿlamū annallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīruw wa annallāha qad aḥāṭa bikulli shayʾin ʿilmā.

It is Allāh who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them.¹ [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allāh is over all things competent and that Allāh has encompassed all things in knowledge.

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗاۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٖۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٖ ٣

Al-ladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqā, mā tarā fī khalqir-raḥmāni min tafāwut, farjiʿil-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūr.

[And] who created seven heavens in layers.¹ You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?

ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئٗا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٞ ٤

Thummarjiʿil-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilaykal-baṣaru khāsiʾaw wa huwa ḥasīr.

Then return [your] vision twice again.¹ [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.

أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا ١٥

Alam taraw kayfa khalaqallāhu sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqā.

Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layers¹

وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا ١٢

Wa banaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādā.

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبۡعُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ وَإِن مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفۡقَهُونَ تَسۡبِيحَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورٗا ٤٤

Tusabbiḥu lahus-samāwātus-sabʿu wal-arḍu wa man fīhinn, wa im min shayʾin illā yusabbiḥu biḥamdihī wa lākil lā tafqahūna tasbīḥahum, innahū kāna ḥalīman ghafūrā.

The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing¹ and Forgiving.

قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبۡعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٨٦

Qul mar rabbus-samāwātis-sabʿi wa rabbul-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm.

Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمۡ تُوقِنُونَ ٢

Allāhul-ladhī rafaʿas-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā, thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, yudabbirul-amra yufaṣṣilul-āyāti laʿallakum biliqāʾi rabbikum tūqinūn.

It is Allāh who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne¹ and made subject² the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَيُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٦٥

Alam tara annallāha sakhkhara lakum mā fil-arḍi wal-fulka tajrī fil-baḥri biʾamrihī wa yumsikus-samāʾa an taqaʿa ʿalal-arḍi illā biʾidhnih, innallāha bin-nāsi laraʾūfur raḥīm.

Do you not see that Allāh has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allāh, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ١٠

Khalaqas-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā, wa alqā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa baththa fīhā min kulli dābbah, wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan fa anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm.

He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَن تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَهُمَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورٗا ٤١

Innallāha yumsikus-samāwāti wal-arḍa an tazūlā, wa laʾin zālatā in amsakahumā min aḥadim mim baʿdih, innahū kāna ḥalīman ghafūrā.

Indeed, Allāh holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place] after Him. Indeed, He is Forbearing¹ and Forgiving.

أَفَلَمۡ يَنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٖ ٦

Afalam yanẓurū ilas-samāʾi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wa zayyannāhā wa mā lahā min furūj.

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ٧

Was-samāʾi dhātil-ḥubuk.

By the heaven containing pathways,¹

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ٤٧

Was-samāʾa banaynāhā biʾaydiw wa innā lamūsiʿūn.

And the heaven We constructed with strength,¹ and indeed, We are [its] expander.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧

Was-samāʾa rafaʿahā wa waḍaʿal-mīzān.

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

Aʾantum ashaddu khalqan amis-samāʾ, banāhā.

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

Rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā.

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

Wa ilas-samāʾi kayfa rufiʿat.

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

Was-samāʾi wa mā banāhā.

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِرَٰشٗا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءٗ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزۡقٗا لَّكُمۡۖ فَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ أَندَادٗا وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٢

Al-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa firāshaw was-samāʾa bināʾaw wa anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhraja bihī minath-thamarāti rizqal lakum, falā tajʿalū lillāhi andādaw wa antum taʿlamūn.

[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقۡفٗا مَّحۡفُوظٗاۖ وَهُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣٢

Wa jaʿalnas-samāʾa saqfam maḥfūẓā, wa hum ʿan āyātihā muʿriḍūn.

And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,¹ are turning away.

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَرَارٗا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءٗ وَصَوَّرَكُمۡ فَأَحۡسَنَ صُوَرَكُمۡ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡۖ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦٤

Allāhul-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa qarāraw was-samāʾa bināʾaw wa ṣawwarakum fa aḥsana ṣuwarakum wa razaqakum minaṭ-ṭayyibāt, dhālikumullāhu rabbukum, fatabārakallāhu rabbul-ʿālamīn.

It is Allāh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allāh, your Lord; then blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ٥

Was-saqfil-marfūʿ.

And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهۡتَدُواْ بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٧

Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿala lakumun-nujūma litahtadū bihā fī ẓulumātil-barri wal-baḥr, qad faṣṣalnal-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ١٦

Wa laqad jaʿalnā fis-samāʾi burūjaw wa zayyannāhā lin-nāẓirīn.

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

وَحَفِظۡنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧

Wa ḥafiẓnāhā min kulli shayṭānir rajīm.

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨

Illā manistaraqas-samʿa fa atbaʿahū shihābum mubīn.

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

وَعَلَٰمَٰتٖۚ وَبِٱلنَّجۡمِ هُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٦

Wa ʿalāmāt, wabin-najmi hum yahtadūn.

And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.¹

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجٗا وَقَمَرٗا مُّنِيرٗا ٦١

Tabārakal-ladhī jaʿala fis-samāʾi burūjaw wa jaʿala fīhā sirājaw wa qamaram munīrā.

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ ٦

Innā zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bizīnatinil-kawākib.

Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ ٧

Wa ḥifẓam min kulli shayṭānim mārid.

And as protection against every rebellious devil

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ ٨

Lā yassammaʿūna ilal-malaʾil-aʿlā wa yuqdhafūna min kulli jānib.

[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,¹

دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ ٩

Duḥūrā, wa lahum ʿadhābuw wāṣib.

Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ ١٠

Illā man khaṭifal-khaṭfata fa atbaʿahū shihābun thāqib.

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ ٤٩

Wa annahū huwa rabbush-shiʿrā.

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius¹

۞ فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٧٥

Falā uqsimu bimawāqiʿin-nujūm.

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,¹

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٞ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ٧٦

Wa innahū laqasamul law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīm.

And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

وَلَقَدۡ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا رُجُومٗا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٥

Wa laqad zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa wa jaʿalnāhā rujūmal lish-shayāṭīn, wa aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhābas-saʿīr.

And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils¹ and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

وَأَنَّا لَمَسۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدۡنَٰهَا مُلِئَتۡ حَرَسٗا شَدِيدٗا وَشُهُبٗا ٨

Wa annā lamasnas-samāʾa fawajadnāhā muliʾat ḥarasan shadīdaw wa shuhubā.

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقۡعُدُ مِنۡهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمۡعِۖ فَمَن يَسۡتَمِعِ ٱلۡأٓنَ يَجِدۡ لَهُۥ شِهَابٗا رَّصَدٗا ٩

Wa annā kunnā naqʿudu minhā maqāʿida lis-samʿ, famay yastamiʿil-āna yajid lahū shihābar raṣadā.

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing,¹ but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١

Was-samāʾi dhātil-burūj.

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

Was-samāʾi waṭ-ṭāriq.

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

Wa mā adrāka maṭ-ṭāriq.

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

An-najmuth-thāqib.

It is the piercing star¹.

يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقٖ نُّعِيدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠٤

Yawma naṭwis-samāʾa kaṭayyis-sijilli lil-kutub, kamā badaʾnā awwala khalqin nuʿīduh, waʿdan ʿalaynā, innā kunnā fāʿilīn.

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.¹

وَيَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ٢٥

Wa yawma tashaqqaqus-samāʾu bil-ghamāmi wa nuzzilal-malāʾikatu tanzīlā.

And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,¹ and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

وَمَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدۡرِهِۦ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ جَمِيعٗا قَبۡضَتُهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ مَطۡوِيَّٰتُۢ بِيَمِينِهِۦۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٦٧

Wa mā qadarullāha ḥaqqa qadrihī wal-arḍu jamīʿan qabḍatuhū yawmal-qiyāmati was-samāwātu maṭwiyyātum biyamīnih, subḥānahū wa taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.

They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal,¹ while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip² on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand.³ Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا ٩

Yawma tamūrus-samāʾu mawrā.

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧

Fa idhanshaqqatis-samāʾu fakānat wardatan kad-dihān.

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil¹ -

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦

Wanshaqqatis-samāʾu fahiya yawmaʾidhiw wāhiyah.

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.¹

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨

Yawma takūnus-samāʾu kal-muhl.

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,¹

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا ١٩

Wa futiḥatis-samāʾu fakānat abwābā.

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١

Idhas-samāʾunfaṭarat.

When the sky breaks apart

وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢

Wa idhal-kawākibuntatharat.

And when the stars fall, scattering,