The heavens moving from side to side and become cleft

[ابوالوليد المسلم]

The heavens moving from side to side and become cleft

‘Abdullah bin Hamoud al-Furaih

The horrors of the Day of Judgment (3)

The heavens moving from side to side and become cleft
As for these heavens that Allah Almighty has raised without any pillars and made into a great sign that people can ponder over, they move mora –i.e.: they will tremble a great tremble. Allah Almighty said:
{يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاء مَوْراً}
“On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion” [Al Tur: 9]
Then they will cleft asunder and open:
{إِذَا السَّمَاء انفَطَرَتْ}
“When the sky breaks apart” [Al Infitar: 1]
And He said:
{إِذَا السَّمَاء انشَقَّتْ}
“When the sky has split [open]” [Al Inshiqaq: 1]
After they split, they become like open doors:
{وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاء فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَاباً }
“And the heaven is opened and will become gateways” [Al Naba: 19]
When they split, they also become weak:
{وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ }
“And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.” [Al Haaqah: 16]
The Day of Resurrection after it splits will be like a rose from its extreme weariness and weakness

{فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ }
“And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil” [Al Rahman: 37]
It will give out colours like used paint that is coloured. Al Hassan Al Basri said:
{وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ}
“rose-colored like oil”
Meaning: they become (different) colours[1]. After that, they get uprooted from their place. Kusht means: removal and uprooting from their place. Allah Almighty says:
{وَإِذَا السَّمَاء كُشِطَتْ}
“And when the sky is stripped away” [Al Takweer: 11].

[1] Look at: the Tafseer of Ibn Katheer for this verse