The Holy Quran 78:19 — Surah An-Naba

Arabic text

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

Translation

The sky will be opened and will become (like) many doors (for the angels to make their entry).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The opening of the sky and the appearance of gates in it: that is, the sky will split open and become as if it were nothing but gates. Perhaps this is an allusion to what He said elsewhere: وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَآءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ تَنْزِيْلًا “The day when the sky will be split, and from the clouds the angels will descend in large…

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