ٱلشُّورَىٰ : ٥

  • تَكَادُ Almost
  • ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ the heavens
  • يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ break up
  • مِن from
  • فَوۡقِهِنَّۚ above them
  • وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ and the Angels
  • يُسَبِّحُونَ glorify
  • بِحَمۡدِ (the) praise
  • رَبِّهِمۡ (of) their Lord
  • وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ and ask for forgiveness
  • لِمَن for those
  • فِي on
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ the earth
  • أَلَآ Unquestionably
  • إِنَّ indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • هُوَ He
  • ٱلۡغَفُورُ (is) the Oft-Forgiving
  • ٱلرَّحِيمُ the Most Merciful
The heavens almost break from above them,1 and the angels exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Unquestionably, it is Allāh who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Footnotes
1 - i.e., from the grandeur of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) above them.
The skies are well-nigh (read yakaadu, or takaadu) rent asunder (yanfatirna: a variant reading has yatafattarna) from above one another, in other words, [well-nigh] is each one torn away from above the one below it because of the magnitude of God, exalted be He, and the angels glorify with praise of their Lord, in other words, they are continuously engaged in praise [of Him], and ask forgiveness for those, believers, on earth. Verily God is the Forgiving, to His friends, the Merciful, to them.