# 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 8 - **Surah:** 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways) — سورة المعارج - **Verse:** 8 / 44 · **Juz:** 29 · **Mushaf page:** 567 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-8 ## Arabic يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَٓاءُ كَالْمُهْلِۙ ## Transcription Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley On the Day the sky is like molten brass ### Progressive Muslims On the Day the sky is like molten copper. ### Shabbir Ahmed The Day when the sky will melt away. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation The day the sky will be like molten brass, ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation On the Day the heaven is like molten copper. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira The day the sky becomes like molten brass, ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) On the Day the sky will be like murky oil, ### Muhammad Asad [It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead, ### Marmaduke Pickthall The day when the sky will become as molten copper, ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary It shall befall on a Day[1] whereon the sky will become like molten brass,[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] A section of the commentators regard this sentence as related to "a day whose measure is fifty thousand years"; they say that the day whose measure has been stated to be fifty thousand years is the Day of Resurrection. In Musnad Ahmad and in the Tafsir by Ibn Jarir, a tradition has been related on the authority of Abu Saeed Khudri, saying: When wonder and amusement was expressed before the Prophet (peace be upon him) about the length of this Day with reference to this verse, he replied: By Him in Whose hand is my life, the believer will find the Day even lighter (of shorter duration) than the time he takes in performing an obligatory Prayer in the world. Had this tradition been reported through authentic channels, this verse could not be interpreted in any other way, but two of its transmitters, Darraj and his teacher Abul Haytham, are both weak and untrustworthy. - [2] That is, it will change its color over and over again. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab That is the Day when the heavens shall look like a metallic substance melted in oil, ### Bijan Moeinian When the end comes, the sky will look like melted copper. ### Al-Hilali & Khan The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead). ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran On that Day the sky will be like molten brass ### Taqi Usmani (This punishment will befall) on the Day when the sky will be like dregs of oil, ### Abdul Haleem On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass ### Arthur John Arberry Upon the day when heaven shall be as molten copper ### E. Henry Palmer The day when the heaven shall be as molten brass, ### Hamid S. Aziz On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper ### Mahmoud Ghali On the Day when the heaven will be as molten metal, ### George Sale On a certain day the heaven shall become like molten brass, ### Syed Vickar Ahamed The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, ### Amatul Rahman Omar The day (it befalls), the heaven shall become (red) like molten copper. ### Ali Quli Qarai The day when the sky will be like molten copper, ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü O gün sema, erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Gökyüzünün erimiş maden gibi olacağı gün; ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali O gün gök, erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (8-9) Göğün, erimiş maden gibi ve dağların atılmış renkli yün gibi olacağı günü hatırla. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali O gün ki olur sema' erimiş bir maden gibi ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) O gün, gök erimiş bir maden gibi olur. ### Gültekin Onan Gökyüzünün erimiş maden gibi olacağı gün; ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim O gün gök erimiş ma'den gibi olacak, ### İbni Kesir O gün gök, erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı (Bu hesap,) göğün erimiş madene benzeyeceği Gün (vuku bulacak), ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı O gün, gök erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali O gün gök, erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali O gün gök, erimiş bir maden gibi olur. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an O gün gökyüzü yanık yağ tortusu gibi kıpkızıl olacak. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an O gün gökyüzü erimiş bir maden gibi olur. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek O gün, gök, erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Göğün erimiş bakır gibi olacağı gün (hesap gününde) ise, ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir O gün gök, erimiş maden gibi olur. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an O gün gökyüzü erimiş bir maden gibi olur. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an O gün gökyüzü erimiş bir maden gibi olur. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali O gün gök, erimiş maden gibi olacak[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] İnsanların yeniden dirileceği günden önce göklerin durumunu anlatan diğer ayetler için bkz: [Enbiya 21/104,](https://quran.so/21/104) [Furkan 25/25,](https://quran.so/25/25) [Tur 52/9,](https://quran.so/52/9) [Rahman 55/37,](https://quran.so/55/37) [Hakka 69/16,](https://quran.so/69/16) [Müzzemmil 73/18,](https://quran.so/73/18) [Mürselat 77/9,](https://quran.so/77/9) [Nebe 78/19,](https://quran.so/78/19) [Tekvir 81/11,](https://quran.so/81/11) [İnfitar 82/1,](https://quran.so/82/1) [İnşikak 84/1](https://quran.so/84/1)-[2.](https://quran.so/84/2) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | يَوْمَ — yawma | (The) Day | يوم — Ye-Vav-Mim | | 2 | تَكُونُ — takūnu | will be | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 3 | ٱلسَّمَآءُ — l-samāu | the sky | سمو — Sin-Mim-Vav | | 4 | كَٱلْمُهْلِ — kal-muh'li | like molten copper | مهل — Mim-he-Lam | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-7.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-9.md Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.