Tafsir for verse: 17:92
أَوۡ تُسۡقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفًا أَوۡ تَأۡتِيَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا ٩٢ ﴿92
92Or you cause the sky to fall upon us in pieces, as you claimed, or you bring Allah and angels before us face to face.
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Commentary

﴿Or the heaven should fall upon us﴾; meaning: itself; ﴿as you claimed﴾; in what you threaten us with; ﴿upon us pieces﴾; meaning: fragments; the plural of 'kisfah'; and it is the piece; and it may be intended by that the stone or hail coming from above; and other than that which you have been threatened with in the manner of His saying: 'that He may send upon you a punishment from above you'; and naming that 'heaven' is like naming rain - and even plants - 'heaven':

If the heaven descends upon the land of a people ∗∗∗ we would tend to it even if they were angry.

﴿Or you should come﴾; with you; ﴿with Allah﴾; meaning: the Greatest King; ﴿and the angels in rows﴾; meaning: coming visibly; and facing; it is looked at; nothing of it is hidden from any of us; and its origin is the gathering that necessitates facing with approach; from the tribes of the gathering head;

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