Ayetآية

At-Takwir 81:11

The Overthrowing · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 586

When the Sky Is Stripped

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ۝١١

And when the sky is torn away.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

When the sky is stripped away.

Insight

Elmalılı explains “kasht” as removing a covering, like peeling bark from a tree or lifting a veil from a face.

Reflect

Try to lift a veil from your heart today.

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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