25. [al-Furqan, Mecca 42]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَاء بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ﴿٢٥﴾

25: 25. The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks) --

C3082. It will be a new world, and the way to describe it must necessarily draw upon our present experience of the finest things in nature.

The sky, which now appears remote and unpeopled will be rent asunder. There will appear clouds of glory -angels and spiritual Lights of all grades and ranks- and the true majesty and goodness of Allah will be visible as it should be in reality, and as it is not now, on account of "our muddy vesture of decay". (R).

Asad’s Version:

25:25

And on the Day on which the skies, together with the clouds, shall burst asunder, and the angels are made to descend in a mighty descent –

(25:26) on that Day [it will become obvious to all that] true sovereignty belongs to the Most Gracious [alone]: hence, a Day of distress will it be for all who deny the truth,