Al-Ma’arij 70:8
The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 568
Sky Like Molten Metal
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨
The day when the sky will become as molten copper.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
On the Day the sky will be like molten metal.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “muhl” as oil dregs or metal melted in a crucible; from Ibn Mas‘ud it is reported to be multicoloured like molten silver.
Reflect
Reflect that even things you think unchanging will change.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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