Ar-Rahman 55:37 فاذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان ٣٧
فَإِذَا
ٱنشَقَّتِ
ٱلسَّمَآءُ
فَكَانَتۡ
وَرۡدَةٗ
كَٱلدِّهَانِ
٣٧
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil1 -
— Saheeh International
˹How horrible will it be˺ when the heavens will split apart, becoming rose-red like ˹burnt˺ oil!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection
Allah said,
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ
(Then when the heaven is rent asunder,) on the Day of Resurrection; this meaning is clear in this and similar Ayat, such as,
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
(And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that D
…The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection
Allah said,
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ
(Then when the heaven is rent asunder,) on the Day of Resurrection; this
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