Quran 19:90 — Maryam, verse 90
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it almost causes the heavens to be torn apart, the earth to split asunder, the mountains to crumble to pieces,
تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنْشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّا
takādu l-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min'hu watanshaqqu l-arḍu watakhirru l-jibālu haddan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The heavens are wellnigh rent of it and the earth split asunder, and the mountains wellnigh fall down crashing for
- 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!
- Sahih International
- The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تَكَادُtakādu | Almost | كود |
| 2 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātu | the heavens | سمو |
| 3 | يَتَفَطَّرْنَyatafaṭṭarna | get torn | فطر |
| 4 | مِنْهُmin'hu | therefrom | — |
| 5 | وَتَنشَقُّwatanshaqqu | and splits asunder | شقق |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍu | the earth | أرض |
| 7 | وَتَخِرُّwatakhirru | and collapse | خرر |
| 8 | ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibālu | the mountain | جبل |
| 9 | هَدًّاhaddan | (in) devastation | هدد |