Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 55:37 | |
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Transliteration | Fa-itha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani |
Literal | So if the sky/space split/cut open , so it was a red/a rose as/like the paint/painted with oil . |
Yusuf Ali | When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment: |
Pickthal | And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide - |
Arberry | And when heaven is split asunder, and turns crimson like red leather -- |
Shakir | And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red hide. |
Sarwar | (On the Day of Judgment) when the heavens are rent asunder they will have a flowery color and flow like oil. |
Khalifa | When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint. |
Hilali/Khan | Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide. |
H/K/Saheeh | And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil |
Malik | When the heaven will burst and will become red like red hide.[37] |
QXP | And when the high elite will disperse and adapt to a stunning change. |
Maulana Ali | So when the heaven is rent asunder, so it becomes red like red hide. |
Free Minds | Then, when the universe is torn, and turns like a rose coloured paint. |
Qaribullah | When the heaven splits asunder and turns crimson, like red leather. |
George Sale | And when the heaven shall be rent in sunder, and shall become red as a rose, and shall melt like ointment: |
JM Rodwell | When the Heaven shall be cleft asunder, and become rose red, like stained leather: |
Asad | And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil -- [This is one of several legitimate interpretations of the term dihan (see Tabari); another is "freshly tanned [or "red"] leather", synonymous with adim (Zamakhshari); and yet another, "dregs of olive-oil" (Raghib). All these interpretations have one idea in common - namely, the sudden and surprising change (or changes) of colour to which the sky will be subject at the Last Hour.] |
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