Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Infitar Verse 1

Mufti Taqi Usmani

When the sky will be cleft asunder,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

When the sky splits open,

Ruwwad Translation Center

When the sky breaks apart.

A. J. Arberry

When heaven is split open,

Abdul Haleem

When the sky is torn apart,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

When the heaven shall be cleft,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the Sky is cleft asunder;

Abul Ala Maududi

When the heaven is split asunder,

Ahmed Ali

WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,

Ahmed Raza Khan

When the heaven splits open.

Ali Quli Qarai

When the sky is rent apart,

Ali Ünal

When the heaven is cleft open;

Amatul Rahman Omar

When the sky will be cleft asunder,

English Literal

When/if the sky/space split/cracked/cleaved.

Faridul Haque

When the heaven splits open.

Hamid S. Aziz

When the heavens are cleft asunder,

Hilali & Khan

When the heaven is cleft asunder.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And when the stars become dispersed,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

When the heaven is cleft asunder,

Muhammad Sarwar

When the heavens are rent asunder,

Qaribullah & Darwish

When the sky is split,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

When the heaven is cleft asunder (Infatarat).

Wahiduddin Khan

When the sky is cleft asunder;

Talal Itani

When the sky breaks apart.

Tafsir jalalayn

When the heaven is split open, [when it is] rent asunder,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

What will happen on the Day of Judgement

Allah says,

إِذَا السَّمَاء انفَطَرَتْ




When the heaven is cleft asunder (Infatarat).

meaning, it splits.

This is as Allah says,

السَّمَأءُ مُنفَطِرٌ بِهِ

Whereon the heaven will be cleft asunder (Munfatir)) (73;18)

Then Allah says,

وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ