Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
"'And [so it happened] that we reached out towards heaven: but we found it filled with mighty guards and flames
Arthur John Arberry
And we stretched towards heaven, but we found it filled with terrible guards and meteors
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires
Arabic
وَأَنَّا لَمَسۡنَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ فَوَجَدۡنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتۡ حَرَسࣰا شَدِیدࣰا وَشُهُبࣰا ٨
Transliteration (2021)
wa-annā lamasnā l-samāa fawajadnāhā muli-at ḥarasan shadīdan washuhuba