Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder
M. M. Pickthall
When the heaven is cleft asunder
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When the Sky is cleft asunder
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
When the sky splits open,
Safi Kaskas
When the heavens are torn apart,
Wahiduddin Khan
When the sky is cleft asunder
Shakir
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
When the heaven will be split apart
T.B.Irving
When the sky bursts apart
Abdul Hye
When the heaven will cleft asunder;
The Study Quran
When the sky is cleft asunder
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the sky fractures.
Talal Itani (2012)
When the sky breaks apart
Dr. Kamal Omar
When the heaven developed cracks
When the heaven will cleft asunder
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
When the heaven will be rent asunder
Muhammad Sarwar
When the heavens are rent asunder
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
When the sky will be cleft asunder
Shabbir Ahmed
When the sky is shattered. (The conquest of the high Space will begin)
Dr. Munir Munshey
When the sky is split asunder
Syed Vickar Ahamed
When the sky is split apart
When the sky breaks apar
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
When the sky is damaged
Abdel Haleem
When the sky is torn apart
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
When the heaven shall be cleft
Ahmed Ali
WHEN THE SKY is split asunder
Aisha Bewley
When the sky is split apart,
Ali Ünal
When the heaven is cleft open
Ali Quli Qara'i
When the sky is rent apart
Hamid S. Aziz
When the heavens are cleft asunder
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When the sky is torn apart
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
When the universe is ripped apart
Musharraf Hussain
When the sky is cleaved,
Maududi
When the heaven is split asunder
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
When the heaven is cracked.
Mohammad Shafi
When the sky breaks
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
When the sky rents asunder.
Munir Mezyed
When the sky is cleft asunder,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
When the sky ruptures,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When the sky splits!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
When the sky splits apart,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When the sky bursts apart
Samy Mahdy
When the sky is cracked.
Sayyid Qutb
When the sky is cleft asunder,
Ahmed Hulusi
And when the sky is split apart,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"When the sky is shattered,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
When The Sky is cleft asunder
When once the heaven is cleaved asunder,
Mir Aneesuddin
When the sky is cleft asunder ,
The Wise Quran
When the sky is rent,