سُوْرَةُ الرَّحْمٰنِ
Surah Ar-Rahmaan (55) — Ayah 37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then when
ٱنشَقَّتِ
inshaqqati
is split
ٱلسَّمَآءُ
l-samāu
the heaven
فَكَانَتْ
fakānat
and it becomes
وَرْدَةًۭ
wardatan
rose-colored
كَٱلدِّهَانِ
kal-dihāni
like murky oil
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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37. When the sky is split apart [27], and becomes red like dregs of oil.
[27] First, the word ﴿وردة﴾ is used. Ward means rose flower, and ﴿وَرْدَةً﴾ means rosy color, ﴿دِهَانٌ﴾ means the reddish sediment of oil—that is, on the day when the sky will be rent asunder, the entire system of the planets will be disrupted, and whoever looks towards the sky will feel as if there is fire blazing everywhere in the higher realm.
[27] First, the word ﴿وردة﴾ is used. Ward means rose flower, and ﴿وَرْدَةً﴾ means rosy color, ﴿دِهَانٌ﴾ means the reddish sediment of oil—that is, on the day when the sky will be rent asunder, the entire system of the planets will be disrupted, and whoever looks towards the sky will feel as if there is fire blazing everywhere in the higher realm.
