Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil
M. M. Pickthall
And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹How horrible will it be˺ when the heavens will split apart, becoming rose-red like ˹burnt˺ oil!
Safi Kaskas
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil
Wahiduddin Khan
When the sky is rent asunder, and becomes red like red leather
Shakir
And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red hide
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, when the heaven was split then, it had been crimson like red leather,
T.B.Irving
When the sky splits open and becomes like a rose [painted] by some artist,
Abdul Hye
When the heaven will burst and it becomes rosy (or red) like red hide.
The Study Quran
When the sky shall be rent asunder and when it shall turn ruddy like hide
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the sky is ripped apart, and it becomes a rose, like paint.
Talal Itani (2012)
When the sky splits apart, and becomes rose, like paint
Dr. Kamal Omar
So when the heaven has developed cracks and it has become rosy pink like (olive) oil
When the heaven will burst and will become red like red hide
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then, when the heaven is cloven so it becomes rosy-like ointment
Muhammad Sarwar
(On the Day of Judgment) when the heavens are rent asunder they will have a flowery color and flow like oil
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, (it will be a terrible event) when the sky will be split apart and will become rosy, like (red) hides
Shabbir Ahmed
And when the high elite will disperse and adapt to a stunning change
Dr. Munir Munshey
And then the sky shall split asunder and turn red, just like (freshly tanned) leather
Syed Vickar Ahamed
When the sky is split open, and it becomes red like (molten) ointment
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Then, when the universe is torn, and turns like a rose coloured paint
Abdel Haleem
When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And when the heaven will be rent in sunder and will become rosy like Unto red hide
Ahmed Ali
When the sky will split asunder, and turn rosy like the dregs of annointing oil
Aisha Bewley
When heaven is split apart and goes red like dregs of oil.
Ali Ünal
And finally when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy like red hide –
Ali Quli Qara'i
When the sky is split open, and turns crimson like tanned leather
Hamid S. Aziz
And when the heaven is rent asunder and then becomes red like red hide
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When the sky splits and it becomes red like the red rawhide (or red-hot oil).
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment
Musharraf Hussain
When the sky splits up it will be bright red, like red leather.
Maududi
(What will happen) when the heaven will be split asunder and will become crimson like leather
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
When the heaven is torn, and turns like a rose colored paint.
Mohammad Shafi
Then as the sky disintegrates it would appear a rose-coloured stretch of leather
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And when the sky will split it will become rose like red hide.
When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When the heaven splits asunder and turns crimson, like red leather
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So when the heaven is rent asunder, so it becomes red like red hide
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So if the sky/space split/cut open , so it was a red/a rose as/like the paint/painted with oil
Bijan Moeinian
The Day that the [ozone layer of the] sky is cracked down and its color is changed into red
Faridul Haque
And when the heaven will split, it will appear like a rose painted red
Sher Ali
And when the heaven is rent asunder and become red like red hide
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when the heavens will split apart and will become rosy like burnt oil (or red leather)
Amatul Rahman Omar
And when the heaven splits up and turns crimson like red hide (how will you fare then)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And when the sky is cleft asunder so that it becomes a red rose like an unguent.
Munir Mezyed
When the sky is rent asunder, it becomes red like murky oil.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then when the sky breaks up and is like red tanned leather.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The sky will be ripped apart and will look like rosy red oil.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And when the sky ruptures and becomes rose-colored like oil—
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When the sky splits open and becomes like a rose [painted] by some artist,
Samy Mahdy
So if the sky splits, and becomes a rose color, like the melted fat paint.
Ahmed Hulusi
And when (during death) the heaven (the identity; ego) is split asunder and (the reality) becomes (undeniably clear and the ego-self disappears) burnt oil colored, like a rose (the reality is observed)!
Mir Aneesuddin
So when the sky splits and becomes red like red hide.
Then when the heaven is rent asunder and becomes a red molten mass that soaked up all the rose of the flames of the fire
The Wise Quran
And when the heaven is split asunder and it becomes rosy red, like oil.