Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The heavens are nigh rent therefrom, and the earth split open, and the mountains fallen in destruction

تَكَادُ السَّمٰوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنْشَقُّ الْاَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَداًّۙ
Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna minhu watanshaqqu al-ardu watakhirrualjibalu hadda
#wordmeaningroot
1takāduAlmostكود
2l-samāwātuthe heavensسمو
3yatafaṭṭarnaget tornفطر
4min'hutherefrom
5watanshaqquand splits asunderشقق
6l-arḍuthe earthارض
7watakhirruand collapseخرر
8l-jibāluthe mountainجبل
9haddan(in) devastationهدد
  • Aisha Bewley

    The heavens are all but rent apart and the earth split open and the mountains brought crashing down,

  • Progressive Muslims

    The heavens are about to shatter from it, and the Earth crack open, and the mountains fall and crumble.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins!

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The heavens are nigh rent therefrom, and the earth split open, and the mountains fallen in destruction

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The heavens are about to shatter from it, and the earth crack open, and the mountains fall and crumble.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The heavens are about to shatter from it, and the earth crack open, and the mountains fall and crumble.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The heavens are about to shatter, the earth is about to tear asunder, and the mountains are about to crumble.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Which would cleave the skies asunder, rend the earth, and split the mountains,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

  • Muhammad Asad

    whereat the heavens might well-nigh be rent into fragments, and the earth be split asunder, and the mountains fall down in ruins!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    It is such a monstrosity that heavens might well-nigh burst forth at it, the earth might be cleaved, and the mountains fall

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    A notion indeed shocking. Its impact makes the heavens tremble and almost tear apart asunder and the earth quakes and almost parts asunder and the mountains quiver and almost crumble:

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The heavens would like to crack, the earth would like to split asunder….

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    by which the heavens are about to burst, the earth to split apart, and the mountains to crumble to pieces

  • Taqi Usmani

    that the heavens are well-nigh to explode at it, and the earth to burst apart, and the mountains to fall down crumbling,

  • Abdul Haleem

    it almost causes the heavens to be torn apart, the earth to split asunder, the mountains to crumble to pieces,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    The heavens are wellnigh rent of it and the earth split asunder, and the mountains wellnigh fall down crashing for

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The heavens well-nigh burst asunder thereat, and the earth is riven, and the mountains fall down broken,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Assuredly, you have brought a monstrous thing!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    The heavens are almost about to be rent asunder thereof, and the earth cloven and the mountains to collapse, razed (completely),

  • George Sale

    It wanteth little but that on occasion thereof the heavens be rent, and the earth cleave in sunder, and the mountains be overthrown and fall,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    As if the skies are ready to burst (open), the earth to split apart, and the mountains to fall down in total ruin,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `The heavens are about to burst on account of that, and the earth about to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in pieces.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The heavens are about to be rent apart at it, the earth to split open, and the mountains to collapse into bits,