Surah 82. Al-Infitar, Ayah 1
| إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ |
| Transliteration | : | 'idhaa as- samaa' infat.arat |
| Pickthall | : | When the heaven is cleft asunder, |
| Asad | : | WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,1 |
| Malik | : | When the heaven will cleft asunder; |
| Yusuf Ali | : | When the Sky is cleft asunder; 5997 5998 |
Note - 1An allusion to the Last Hour, when the world as known to
man will come to an end and the ultimate reality of the
hereafter will begin.
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Note - 5997Cf. the passage lxxxi. 1-14 and notes. For the three
parallel interpretations, see the Introduction to the
Sura. There are four conditional clauses here, and the
substantive clause is in verse 5. In S. lxxxi, there were
12 conditional clauses, and the conclusion was, similar,
but not expressed in precisely the same terms. See lxxii.
5. n. 6002 below. The physical world as we see it now
will be destroyed before the final Day of Judgment,
establishing the true Reality. In the following four
clauses we have a reference to the Lesser Judgment, the
individual dawn of the true Reality at Death.
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Note - 5998Cf. lxxiii. 18, n. 5769. The beautiful blue sky overhead,
which we take for granted in sunshine and storm, will be
shattered to pieces before the New World is established.
The partition which seems at present to divide things
divine from this phenomenal world has to be shattered
before each soul knows the reality about itself.
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Cf. the passage lxxxi. 1-14 and notes. For the three parallel interpretations, see the Introduction to the Sura. There are four conditional clauses here, and the substantive clause is in verse 5. In S. lxxxi, there were 12 conditional clauses, and the conclusion was, similar, but not expressed in precisely the same terms. See lxxii. 5. n. 6002 below. The physical world as we see it now will be destroyed before the final Day of Judgment, establishing the true Reality. In the following four clauses we have a reference to the Lesser Judgment, the individual dawn of the true Reality at Death. |
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Cf. lxxiii. 18, n. 5769. The beautiful blue sky overhead, which we take for granted in sunshine and storm, will be shattered to pieces before the New World is established. The partition which seems at present to divide things divine from this phenomenal world has to be shattered before each soul knows the reality about itself. |
