Quran Ayah an-Naba` (The Tidings, The Announcement) 78:19 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates

Arthur John Arberry

and heaven is opened, and become gates

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

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Arabic

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

Arabic

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

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wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwāban

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and the sky is opened and become gates

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And is opened the heaven and becomes gateways,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

M. M. Pickthall

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

The sky will be ˹split˺ open, becoming ˹many˺ gates,

Wahiduddin Khan

and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates

Safi Kaskas

And the heavens are opened and becomes gateways.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the heaven will be let loose and will be all doors.

T.B.Irving

and the sky will open up as if it had gates,

Shakir

And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings

Abdul Hye

The sky will be opened, as if there were doors.

Saeed Malik

And the heavens were opened-- they were portals

The Study Quran

and the sky is opened as if it were gates

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

The sky is opened and becomes gateways.

Talal Itani (2012)

And the sky is opened up, and becomes gateways

M. Farook Malik

The sky shall be opened as if there were doors

Dr. Kamal Omar

And the heaven is made opened, so it has turned into gates

Dr. Munir Munshey

And the heavens would be (uncovered and) opened, as if it had (many wide-open) gates

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the heaven is opened and will become gateway

Muhammad Sarwar

The heavens will have openings like doors

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and the sky will be opened, so it will become as gates

Shabbir Ahmed

When the gates of the sky are flung open. (Mankind learn about the high space)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the heaven is opened, (and) so has become gates

Hamid S. Aziz

And the heaven shall be opened as if it were all doors

Abdel Haleem

when the sky will open up like wide portals

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors

Ahmed Ali

The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors

Aisha Bewley

and heaven is opened and becomes doorways,

Ali Ünal

And the heaven is opened (for the descent of angels), and becomes as if gates (so that the world of angels and the world of humankind join each other)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and the sky will be opened and become gates

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the heaven is opened, so it becomes gates.

Musharraf Hussain

when the sky is opened becoming a gateway,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the heavens will be opened as if there were doors

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And the sky is opened and becomes gates,

Maududi

and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors

Mohammad Shafi

And the heaven is opened as if it were gates

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the sky shall be opened up and it will become as doors.

Rashad Khalifa

The heaven will be opened like gates

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and heaven is opened, having gates

Faridul Haque

And the heaven will be opened - it therefore becomes like gates

Bijan Moeinian

And the sky will be opened the same way that the gates of a place is being opened

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the heaven is opened so it becomes as doors

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the sky/space was opened, so it was/became doors/entrances

Sher Ali

And the heaven shall be opened and shall become all doors

Edip Yuksel

The heaven is opened, so it becomes gates.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the heaven shall be flung open and it shall become (all) doors

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And the (layers of) heaven will be torn, and (owing to the rip) they will become (as if) all doors

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

The gates of heaven shall swing Open

Arthur John Arberry

and heaven is opened, and become gates

Edward Henry Palmer

and the heavens shall be opened, and shall be all doors

George Sale

and the heaven shall be opened, and shall be full of gates for the angels to pass through

John Medows Rodwell

And the heaven shall be opened and be full of portals

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the sky (Es'Samaau) will be opened (Futihati) and (Fa) will become (Kaanat') gates (Ab'waabaa),

Fode Drame

And the heaven will be opened up and it will become many doors.

Munir Mezyed

The sky will split open, becoming gateways,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the heavens will be opened and have gates.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

The skies will open as if there were doors.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and the sky was opened up and became gateways,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and the sky will open up as if it had gates,

Samy Mahdy

And the sky was opened up, so it was doors.

Sayyid Qutb

and heaven is opened, and becomes gates,

Ali Quli Qarai

and the sky will be opened and become gates,

Ahmed Hulusi

The heaven will open and become gateways (consciousness will be opened to perception without the bodily senses).

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates.

A. S. Mohamed

The heaven was opened and became gateways.

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and the heaven will be opened as if there were gates (in it),"

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And the heaven shall be opened and become (wide as) gates

Mir Aneesuddin

And the sky will be opened so that it will become gates,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

and the heaven is opened typifying open doors for the adminission of all

The Wise Quran Project

And the sky is opened, then becomes gates,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the heaven is opened, so it becomes gates.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And the universe is opened, so it becomes gates

OLD Literal Word for Word

And is opened the heaven and becomes gateways

OLD Transliteration

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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