Surat Al-Ma‘arij Verse No. 8: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 8 from Surah Al-Ma‘arij : Number of verses 44 - - page 568 - Part 29.
﴾يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ﴿
[ المعارج: 8]
The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead, etc.).
English - Sahih International
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(70:8) It shall befall on a Day *8 whereon the sky will become like molten brass, *9
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*8) A section of the commentators regard this sentence as related to "a day whose measure is fifty thousand years"; they say that the day whose measure has been stated to be fifty thousand years is the Day of Resurrection. In Musnad Ahmad and in the Tafsir by Ibn Jarir, a tradition has been related on the authority of Hadrat Abu Sa'id Khudri, saying: "When wonder and amazment was expressed before the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) about the length of this Day with reference to this verse, he replied: 'By Him in Whose hand is my life, the believer will find the Day even lighter (of shorter duration) than the time he takes in performing an obligatory Prayer in the world" . " Had this tradition been reported through authentic channels, this verse could not be interpreted in any other way, but two of its transmitters, Darraj and his teacher Abul Haytham, are both weak and untrustworthy.
*9) That is, it will change its colour over and over again.
Source : Al-Ma‘arij Verse 8: On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,