وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., weak, enfeebled and unstable.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَٱنشَقَّتِAnd will splitwa-inshaqqati
- ٱلسَّمَآءُthe heavenl-samāu
- فَهِيَso itfahiya
- يَوۡمَئِذٖ(is on) that Dayyawma-idhin
- وَاهِيَةٞfrailwāhiyatun
Tafsir
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran