What does Quran 81:11 mean?

Quran 81:11 (Surah At-Takwir, Ayah 11) translates to: "And when the sky is stripped away"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 81:11 from?

This ayah is from Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing), the 81th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Eschatological Events, Creation, Divine Revelation, Prophet Muhammad.

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

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Day of Judgment

81:11Ayah 129

11 ayahs in At-Takwir are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

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and when the heaven is stripped off torn away from its place just as the skin of a sheep is stripped off;

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