Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil
Arthur John Arberry
And when heaven is split asunder, and turns crimson like red leather -
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment
Arabic
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةࣰ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧
Transliteration (2021)
fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihān