The surah bases its opening cataclysmic sign on an archaic understanding of atmospheric and spatial structures.
Surah 84:1-2:
When the sky has split open and has listened to its Lord and was obligated ... (In Arabic: Idha al-sama'u inshaqqat)
The Scientific Error: The description relies entirely on a ancient Near Eastern geocentric model where the sky is treated as a solid, manufactured fabric or vaulted dome overhead. For a structure to "split open" or "rip apart," it must have physical, material tensile boundaries.
Modern astrophysics has proven that the sky is merely an optical effect produced by atmospheric gases fading continuously into a fluid, infinite three-dimensional spacetime vacuum. A vacuum cannot snap, shatter, or experience a structural rip. The imagery reflects a primitive worldview that confuses deep space with a solid ceiling.