"Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will happen), against us;(2294) or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face;(2295)
2294 Contrast the sublime passages with 82:1, or that in 25:25, where the final breaking up of the firmaments as we know is referred to in the world's catastrophe, with the ridiculous demand that it should be done for the sport of the sceptics! 2295 Cf. 2:55 and 4:153 about the desire of the Israelites to see Allah face to face; and 6:8-9, about angels coming down to convince men.