that the very Heavens might crack, the earth might cleave asunder and the mountains might crumble to piece
Dr. Munir Munshey
So grave, indeed, that it may cause the earth to explode into pieces! Or the mountains may come tumbling down! Or the heavens might just crack asunder
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Had it been a reality) it was a possibility that the heavens are torn and scattered because of it and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins —
The heavens may almost be rent thereat, and the earth cleave asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
The skies/space are about to/almost split/crack/cleave from it, and the earth/Planet Earth splits/cracks open ,and the mountains fall down (in) demolition and breaking down into pieces violently with noise
Because of this the heavens almost shatter, the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
At it the skies are about to burst, and the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down crashing
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
A notion indeed shocking. Its impact makes the heavens tremble and almost tear apart asunder and the earth quakes and almost parts asunder and the mountains quiver and almost crumble