Surah At-Tur — Verse 44

The Mount · 52:44 · 44/49

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina assama-isaqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoom

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’

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

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

Even if they see a piece falling down from the sky, they would say, “It is a cumulated cloud.”

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

(So obstinate are they that) even if they were to see some fragments of the sky falling down they would still say: “It is only a mass of cloud.”

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!”

If they were to see pieces of the sky falling down[15], they would still say, “[This is only] a mass of clouds.”

Notes

[15] As a sign of the punishment that they requested.

(44) And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,[1559] they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

Notes

[1559]- Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.

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