Quran 52 : 44

And if they were to see a portion from the sky falling, they will say, "Clouds heaped up."
وَإِن
Waiin
يَرَوْا۟
Yarawa
كِسْفًا
Kisfana
مِّنَ
Mmina
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
Assamaaʾi
سَاقِطًا
Sāqiṭana
يَقُولُوا۟
Yaqūlūa
سَحَابٌ
Saḥābun
مَّرْكُومٌ
Mmarkūmun

Arthur John Arberry

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

Bakhtiari Nejad

And if they see a piece of the sky falling down, they say: “Piled up clouds.”

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Even if they saw lumps falling from the sky they would say: 'A massed cloud!

Linda "iLham" Barto

If they saw a piece of the sky falling, they would say, “A mass of clouds!”

Mustaqim

And if they saw a piece of the sky fall down, they would say: a heap of clouds.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

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

Mir Aneesuddin

And (even) if they see a piece of the sky fall, they would say, “A heaped cloud.”

Rashad Khalifa

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

The Study Quran

Were they to see a fragment falling from the sky, they would say, “A heap of clouds.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

If they saw a piece of the sky falling, they would say, “Fog-clouds gathered in heaps.

Corpus.Quran

And if they were to see a portion from the sky falling they will say Clouds heaped up

Musharraf Hussain

Even if they saw a part of the sky fall, they would say, “It’s merely heaps of cloud.”

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And if they consider pieces of the heaven descending, they would say: Heaped up clouds!

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Even if they were to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say, “Clouds, piled up.”

Wahiduddin Khan

If they should see a part of the heavens falling down, they would say, A mass of clouds

Ahmed Hulusi

If they see an object falling from the sky, they will say, “It is but layers of clouds.”

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Safi Kaskas

Even if they were to see a piece the sky falling, they would say, "Just a heap of clouds."

Shakir

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

Edward Henry Palmer

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

Samy Mahdy

And if they were seeing a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, “Clouds heaped up!"”

Munir Mezyed

If they were to see a fragment of the heavens falling down, they would say: “Heaped-up clouds"

The Wise Quran

And if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, 'Clouds heaped up.'

Aisha Bewley

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

Sher Ali

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

Ali Quli Qara'i

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

Fode Drame

And if they were to see a piece falling from the sky, they would say, “[It is] a heaped up cloud.”

Talal Itani (2012)

Even if they were to see lumps of the sky falling down, they would say, 'A mass of clouds.'

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

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

Irving/Hegab

If they ever saw some object falling out of the sky, they would say: 'Some clouds have been piled up."

Faridul Haque

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

Abdul Hye

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

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

Hamid S. Aziz

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

MunirMezyed2023

And if they were to see a deadly fragment of the heavens falling down, they would say: “Heaped-up clouds"

Ahmed Ali

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

Mohammad Shafi

And if they were to see meteorites from the sky falling down, they would say, "Gathering 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

Abdel Haleem

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

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

N J Dawood 2014

And if they saw a piece of heaven falling down, they would still say: ‘It is but a pile of clouds!‘

John Medows Rodwell

And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And if they see a fragment of the sky falling (on them, even then) they will say: ‘It is a layered (thick) cloud.

Hilali - Khan

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

T.B.Irving

If they ever saw some object falling out of the sky, they would say: ´Some clouds have been piled up."

Dr. Kamal Omar

And if they watch a piece as one falling down from towards the sky, they will say: “Clouds, piled-up!”

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Dr. Munir Munshey

(Even) if they saw a part of the sky falling down, they would (merely) say, "(It is only) a heap of clouds."

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!"

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"

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.”

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And if they see/understand pieces from the sky/space dropping/falling they say: "Piled/accumulated/heaped clouds."

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

Maududi

(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."

Mustafa Khattab 2018

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.”

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)

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!”

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))

Ali Ünal

(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)