[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And if they see a portion from the heaven falling, they will say: "Piled clouds!"
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!"
Wahiduddin Khan
If they should see a part of the heavens falling down, they would say, A mass of 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."
The Wise Quran
And if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, 'Clouds heaped up.'
The Study Quran
Were they to see a fragment falling from the sky, they would say, “A heap of clouds.
Talal Itani (2012)
Even if they were to see lumps of the sky falling down, they would say, 'A mass of clouds.'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Even if they were to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say, “Clouds, piled up.”
T.B.Irving
If they ever saw some object falling out of the sky, they would say: ´Some clouds have been piled up."
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!"
Sher Ali
And if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, just clouds piled up
Shakir
And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up 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))
Samy Mahdy
And if they were seeing a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, “Clouds heaped up!"”
Safi Kaskas
Even if they were to see a piece the sky falling, they would say, "Just a heap of clouds."
Rashad Khalifa
When they see masses falling from the sky, they will say, "Piled 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!‘
Mustaqim
And if they saw a piece of the sky fall down, they would say: a heap of clouds.
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.”
Musharraf Hussain
Even if they saw a part of the sky fall, they would say, “It’s merely heaps of cloud.”
MunirMezyed2023
And if they were to see a deadly fragment of the heavens falling down, they would say: “Heaped-up clouds"
Munir Mezyed
If they were to see a fragment of the heavens falling down, they would say: “Heaped-up clouds"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Even if they see a piece falling down from the sky, they would say, .It is a cumulated cloud
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"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: 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!"
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 Ahmed - Samira
And if they see/understand pieces from the sky/space dropping/falling they say: "Piled/accumulated/heaped clouds."
Mohammad Shafi
And if they were to see meteorites from the sky falling down, they would say, "Gathering clouds!"
Mir Aneesuddin
And (even) if they see a piece of the sky fall, they would say, “A heaped cloud.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if they were to see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled-up clouds
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."
Linda "iLham" Barto
If they saw a piece of the sky falling, they would say, “A mass 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."
Irving/Hegab
If they ever saw some object falling out of the sky, they would say: 'Some clouds have been piled up."
Hilali - Khan
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Even if they saw lumps falling from the sky they would say: 'A massed cloud!
Hamid S. Aziz
And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say, "Piled up 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
Fode Drame
And if they were to see a piece falling from the sky, they would say, “[It is] a heaped up cloud.”
Faridul Haque
And were they to see a portion of the sky falling, they will say, “It is a heap of clouds.”
Edward Henry Palmer
But if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, 'Clouds in masses!
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."
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.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And if they consider pieces of the heaven descending, they would say: Heaped up clouds!
Dr. Kamal Omar
And if they watch a piece as one falling down from towards the sky, they will say: “Clouds, piled-up!”
Corpus.Quran
And if they were to see a portion from the sky falling they will say Clouds heaped up
Bilal Muhammad 2018
If they saw a piece of the sky falling, they would say, “Fog-clouds gathered in heaps.
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.”
Bakhtiari Nejad
And if they see a piece of the sky falling down, they say: “Piled up clouds.”
Arthur John Arberry
Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud!
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 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)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Were they to see a fragment falling from the sky, they would say, ‘A cumulous cloud.’
Aisha Bewley
If they saw a lump of heaven falling down, they would just say, ´Banked-up 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.
Ahmed Hulusi
If they see an object falling from the sky, they will say, “It is but layers of clouds.”
Ahmed Ali
If they should see a segment falling from the sky, they would say: "It is only a massive cloud."
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And if they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say: it is only clouds piled up
Abdul Hye
Even if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: “Clouds gathered in heaps!”
Abdel Haleem
Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’