Tafsir for verse: 19:90
تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِنۡهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلۡجِبَالُ هَدًّا ٩٠ ﴿90﴾
90that the heavens are well-nigh to explode at it, and the earth to burst apart, and the mountains to fall down crumbling,
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Commentary
Then he clarified its heaviness by his saying: "The heavens almost rupture" due to their firmness, along with their distance from the people of this saying: "They are about to burst" meaning they will begin to split apart "from it" meaning from this heavy matter. "And the earth will split" beneath it with a wide, penetrating fissure. "And the mountains will fall" meaning they will quickly collapse "despite their solidity" as the ceiling collapses under what it cannot bear of a heavy weight, for the sake of.
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