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Quran 42:5

Surah Ash-Shura, Verse 5

Juz 25 · Page 483 · Ruku 419 · Meccan

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِن فَوْقِهِنَّ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Word by word

تَكَادُ takādu Almost ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ l-samāwātu the heavens يَتَفَطَّرْنَ yatafaṭṭarna break up مِن min from فَوْقِهِنَّ ۚ fawqihinna above them وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ wal-malāikatu and the Angels يُسَبِّحُونَ yusabbiḥūna glorify بِحَمْدِ biḥamdi (the) praise رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim (of) their Lord وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ wayastaghfirūna and ask for forgiveness لِمَن liman for those فِى fī on ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ l-arḍi the earth أَلَآ alā Unquestionably إِنَّ inna indeed ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah هُوَ huwa He ٱلْغَفُورُ l-ghafūru (is) the Oft-Forgiving ٱلرَّحِيمُ l-raḥīmu the Most Merciful

Transliteration

Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna min fawqihinna walmala-ikatuyusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayastaghfiroonaliman fee al-ardi ala inna Allaha huwaalghafooru arraheem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Almost might the heavens above be rent asunder while the angels hymn the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on the earth. Lo! Allah, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The heavens are almost rent asunder from above them (by Him Glory): and the angels celebrate the Praises of their Lord, and pray for forgiveness for (all) beings on earth: Behold! Verily Allah is He, the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( تكاد السموات يتفطرن من فوقهن ) قال ابن عباس ، وانلضحاك ، وقتادة ، والسدي ، وكعب الأحبار : أي فرقا ، من العظمة ( والملائكة يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويستغفرو لمن في الأرض ) كقوله : ( الذين يحملون العرش ومن حوله يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويؤمنون به ويستغفرون للذين آمنوا ربنا وسعت كل شيء رحمة وعلما ) [ غافر : 7 ] .

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وقوله : ( ألا إن الله هو الغفور الرحيم ) إعلام بذلك وتنويه به .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.