Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:5

42:5

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِن فَوْقِهِنَّ ۚ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

takādu l-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinna wal-malāikatu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wayastaghfirūna liman fī l-arḍi alā inna l-laha huwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

The heavens almost break from above them, 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.

— Saheeh International

The heavens are almost broken apart from above as the angels proclaim the praises of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. God is indeed the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nearly the heavens might be rent asunder from above them (by His Majesty): and the angels glorify the praises of their Lord, and ask for forgiveness for those on the earth. Verily, Allâh is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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تَكَادُtakāduAlmost
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens
يَتَفَطَّرْنَyatafaṭṭarnabreak up
مِنminfrom
فَوْقِهِنَّۚfawqihinnaabove them
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
يُسَبِّحُونَyusabbiḥūnaglorify
بِحَمْدِbiḥamdi(the) praise
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَwayastaghfirūnaand ask for forgiveness
لِمَنlimanfor those
فِىfīon
ٱلْأَرْضِۗl-arḍithe earth
أَلَآalāUnquestionably
إِنَّinnaindeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful