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Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 16

سورة الحاقة، الآية ١٦

69:16 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 567 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ۝١٦

Transliteration

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatun

Translation

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.1740

Notes

[1740] i.e., weak, enfeebled and unstable.

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Verse 16 of Surah Al-Haqqah (69:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 567 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

And the sky will crack open on that day because of the angels descending from it. So on that day it will be weak, whereas it was once solid and unyielding.

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Other translations of verse 16

And the sky will split asunder and will be frail4 on that day,

Notes

[4] i.e., weak and unstable.

And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.

And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,

And the heaven will be cloven. So, upon that Day it will be (very) frail,

Verse 16 word by word

  1. وَٱنشَقَّتِ wa-inshaqqati And will split ش ق ق
  2. ٱلسَّمَآءُ l-samāu the heaven س م و
  3. فَهِىَ fahiya so it
  4. يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin (is on) that Day ي و م
  5. وَاهِيَةٌ wāhiyatun frail و ه ي

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naba 78:19

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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