Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And were they to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say: “Clouds heaped up.”)

وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ سَاقِطاً يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَرْكُومٌ
Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina assama-isaqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoom
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1wa-inAnd if
2yarawthey were to seeراي
3kis'fana portionكسف
4minafrom
5l-samāithe skyسمو
6sāqiṭanfallingسقط
7yaqūlūthey will sayقول
8saḥābunCloudsسحب
9markūmunheaped upركم
  • Aisha Bewley

    If they saw a lump of heaven falling down, they would just say, ‘Banked-up clouds!’

  • Progressive Muslims

    And if they see a spectacle from the sky, they will Say: "Piled clouds!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Even if they were to see a fragment from the Height falling, they would say, "A dense cloud!" (Their lack of reasoning makes them oblivious to the Law of Requital (26:187)).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And were they to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say: “Clouds heaped up.”)

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And if they see a portion from the heaven falling, they will say: "Piled clouds!"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    If they see an object falling from the sky, they will say, "Piled clouds!"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

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

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

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

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

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

  • Muhammad Asad

    AND YET, if they were to see part of the sky falling down, they would say, " a mass of clouds!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

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

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    (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."*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And if it so happens that they see a mass (sometimes devastating) falling from the sky, they would label it as a cumulus nimbus.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Even a great miracle such as falling a part of the sky will be justified by them as "a mass of cloud advancing. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

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

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    If they were to see a ˹deadly˺ piece of the sky fall down ˹upon them˺, still they would say, "˹This is just˺ a pile of clouds."

  • Taqi Usmani

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

  • Abdul Haleem

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

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud!'

  • E. Henry Palmer

    But if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, 'Clouds in masses!'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

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

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And in case they saw a dark lump falling down from the heaven, they would say, "Accumulated clouds!"

  • George Sale

    If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down upon them, they would say, it is only a thick cloud.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

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

  • Amatul Rahman 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).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Were they to see a fragment falling from the sky, they would say, ‘A cumulous cloud. ’