Quran 69:16 — Al-Haaqqa, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The sky will be torn apart on that Day, it will be so frail.
وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and heaven shall be split, for upon that day it shall be very frail,
- Muhammad Asad
- and the sky will be rent asunder - for, frail will it have become on that Day -;
- Sahih International
- And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱنشَقَّتِwa-inshaqqati | And will split | شقق |
| 2 | ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāu | the heaven | سمو |
| 3 | فَهِىَfahiya | so it | — |
| 4 | يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin | (is on) that Day | — |
| 5 | وَاهِيَةٌۭwāhiyatun | frail | وهي |