The Quran

سورة الطُّور

Surah Al-Tûr 52:44

The Mount · Verse 44 of 49

وَإِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَرْكُومٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And (even) if they see a fragment of the sky falling down (in the form of punishment) they would say, `(It is only) piled up clouds (and not a sign of punishment whatsoever).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!î

Ahmed Ali

If they should see a segment falling from the sky, they would say: "It is only a massive cloud."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

(So obstinate are they in rejecting the truth that) if they saw a piece of the sky falling down (on them), they would say, "This is (only) a heap of clouds!" (For they cannot conceive that it may be a punishment for their obstinate denial).

Daryabadi

And if they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say: it is only clouds piled up.

Faridul Haque

And were they to see a portion of the sky falling, they will say, “It is a heap of clouds.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if they were to see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled-up clouds!

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, just clouds piled up.

Muhammad Asad

AND YET, if they [who refuse to see the truth] were to see part of the sky falling down, they would [only] say, "[It is but] a mass of clouds!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"

Muhammad Pickthall

And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.

Muhammad Sarwar

Even if they were to see a part of the heavens falling down upon them, they would say, "It is only dense cloud".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.

Rashad Khalifa

When they see masses falling from the sky, they will say, "Piled clouds!"

Shabbir Ahmed

Even if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, “A dense cloud!”