Quran 8 : 32

And when they said, "O Allah! If was this it the truth from You then (send) rain upon us (of) stones from the sky or bring (upon) us a punishment painful."
وَإِذْ
Waiidh
قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
ٱللَّهُمَّ
Allahumma
إِن
Iin
كَانَ
Kāna
هَٰذَا
Haādhā
هُوَ
Huwa
ٱلْحَقَّ
Alḥaqqa
مِنْ
Min
عِندِكَ
ʿIndika
فَأَمْطِرْ
Faamṭir
عَلَيْنَا
ʿAlaynā
حِجَارَةً
Ḥijārahan
مِّنَ
Mmina
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
Assamaaʾi
أَوِ
Aawi
ٱئْتِنَا
Iitinā
بِعَذَابٍ
Biʿadhābin
أَلِيمٍ
Aalīmin
Edward Henry Palmer
When they said, 'O God! if this be truth, and from Thee, then rain upon us stones from heaven or bring us grievous woe!
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And when they said: O Allah! If this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down stones on us or bring on us some painful doom
The Wise Quran
And when they said, 'O God! If this is the truth from you, then rain upon us stones from the sky or bring us painful punishment.'
Bakhtiari Nejad
And when they said: “God, if this is the truth from You, then shower us with stones from the sky and bring us a painful punishment.”
Mustaqim
And when they said: oh Allah, if this is the truth from You, then rain upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment.
Irving/Hegab
When they say: "O Allah (God), if this is the Truth from You, then rain down stones from Heaven on us, or give us painful torment!"
T.B.Irving
When they say: "O God, if this is the Truth from You, then rain down stones from Heaven on us, or give us painful torment!"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When they say: 'O Allah, if this is indeed the truth from You, rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring us a painful punishment..
Shakir
And when they said: O Allah! if this is the truth from Thee, then rain upon us stones from heaven or inflict on us a painful punishment
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They also say, “O God, if this is the truth from You, then rain down stones from the sky upon us, or inflict upon us a harsh punishment.”
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And when they said: O God! Truly, if this had been The Truth from Thee, rain down rocks on us from heaven or bring us a painful punishment.
Samy Mahdy
And when they said, “O Allah, if this is the right from you, so rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring us with a painful torment.”
Hamid S. Aziz
When they said, "O Allah! If this be indeed truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring us grievous doom!"
Mohammad Shafi
And they said, "O Allah! If this is the Truth from You, then rain upon us stones from the sky or bring on us a painful punishment."
Wahiduddin Khan
They also said, God, if this really is the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from heaven, or send us some other painful punishment
The Study Quran
And [remember] when they said, “O God, if this be the truth from Thee, rain down stones upon us from the sky, or bring us a painful punishment.
Safi Kaskas
They would also say, "God, if this is the Truth from You, then rain down on us stones from the heavens or inflict some painful suffering on us."
Mir Aneesuddin
And (remember) when they said, "O Allah ! if this is the truth from You then rain on us stones from the sky or bring on us a painful punishment."
Talal Itani (2012)
And they said, 'Our God, if this is the truth from You, then rain down on us stones from the sky, or visit us with a painful affliction.'
Ali Quli Qara'i
And when they said, ‘O Allah, if this be the truth from You, rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring us a painful punishment.’
Arthur John Arberry
And when they said, 'O God, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones out of heaven, or bring us a painful chastisement.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when they said: O Allah, if this is indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down on us stones from heaven or inflict on us a painful chastisement
Ahmed Hulusi
Remember when they said, “O Allah... If this the Truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky! Or afflict us with a painful suffering.”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Remember how they said, “O God, if this is indeed the truth from You, rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a terrible penalty.
Aisha Bewley
And they say, ´Allah, if this is really the truth from You, rain down stones on us out of heaven or send a painful punishment down on us.´
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they said: "Our god, if this is the truth from You, then send down upon us a rain of stones from the heaven or bring upon us a painful retribution."
Linda "iLham" Barto
Remember how they said, “O Allah, if this really is the truth from You, send upon us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a horrible punishment.”
Rashad Khalifa
They also said, "Our god, if this is really the truth from You, then shower us with rocks from the sky, or pour upon us a painful punishment."
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “Allah, if this is, indeed, the truth from You then pelt us with hailstones from the sky, or fetch us some other painful punishment.”
Abdel Haleem
They also said, ‘God, if this really is the truth from You, then rain stones on us from the heavens, or send us some other painful punishment.’
Ahmed Ali
They had also said: "If this be the truth from you, O God, then rain down on us stones from the skies, or inflict a grievous punishment upon us."
Muhammad Sarwar
They also say, "Lord, if this (Quran) is the Truth from you, shower down stones on us from the sky instead of rain or send us a painful punishment"
Shabbir Ahmed
They went ahead saying, "O Allah! If this is indeed the Truth from You, then shower upon us rocks from the sky or bring on us a painful suffering."
Corpus.Quran
And when they said O Allah If was this [it] the truth [of] from You then (send) rain upon us (of) stones from the sky or bring (upon) us a punishment painful
John Medows Rodwell
And when they said, "God! if this be the very truth from before thee, rain down stones upon us from Heaven, or lay on us some grievous chastisement."
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And when they said: "Oh God if that was it, the truth from at you, so rain on us stones from the sky/space or come/bring to us with a painful torture."
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And recall what time they said: O God! if this indeed be the truth from before Thee, then rain down stones upon us from heaven or bring on us a torment afflictive
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Remember how they said: "O Allah if this is indeed the Truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a grievous penalty."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And when they said, 'O Allah, if this Quran indeed be the truth from You then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us! Any painful chastisement.
Fode Drame
And when they said, “O Allah! If this is the truth from your presence, then send upon us rain of stones from the heaven or bring upon us a punishment most painful.”
N J Dawood 2014
They also say: ‘Lord, if this be indeed the Truth revealed from You, rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring us some woeful scourge to punish us.‘
Abdul Hye
And (remember) when they said: “O Allah! If this (the Qur’an) is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or brings us a painful punishment.”
George Sale
And remember the time when they said, 'O God, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us a grievous punishment.
Sher Ali
And remember the time when they said, `O ALLAH, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us a grievous punishment.
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And (recall) when they said, .O Allah, if this is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then, rain down stones upon us from the heavens, or bring upon us a painful punishment
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And [remember] when they said, "O Allah , if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."
Ali Ünal
And when they said (even this): "O God! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring upon us another painful punishment!"
Maududi
And also recall when they said: ´O Allah! If this indeed be the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from heaven, or bring upon us a painful chastisement.´
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And (remember) when how they said: "O Allah! If this is indeed the Truth from You, then rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a painful penalty."
Mustafa Khattab 2018
And ˹remember˺ when they prayed, “O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from the sky or overcome us with a painful punishment.”
MunirMezyed2023
And (recall) when the Polytheists said: "O’ Allâh, if this is indeed the truth from You, then send down upon us burning stones from the heavens or inflict on us a painful torment."
Hilali - Khan
And (remember) when they said: "O Allah! If this (the Quran) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment."
Muhammad Asad
And, lo, they would say, "O God! If this. be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict [some other] grievous suffering on us!"
Munir Mezyed
(Recall the time) when the ‘Polytheists’ said: "O’ Allâh, if this is indeed the truth from You, then send down upon us burning stones from the heavens or inflict on us a painful torment."
Faridul Haque
And when they said, "O Allah! If this (the Qur’an) is really the truth from You, then shower upon us a rain of stones from the sky, or bring upon us some painful punishment."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Remember when they said, "Oh Allah, if this (Qur´an) happens to be the truth revealed by You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring on the painful punishment upon us."
Dr. Kamal Omar
And bring to mind when they said: “Beloved Allah! If this is: it (is the only) Al-Haqq from You, then rain down on us stones from the sky or You come to us with a painful torment.”
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when they said (sarcastically): ‘O Allah! If this (Qur’an) is really the truth from Your side, then rain down upon us stones from the sky (for disobeying it), or seize us with some grievous torment.
Amatul Rahman Omar
And (recall the time) when they said, `O Allah! if this (faith of Islam) indeed be the truth revealed by You, then rain down upon us stones from heaven, or bring down upon us (some other) grievous punishment.
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And as they said, "O Allah, (The Arabic word has the suffix-unima for supplication) in case this is (really) the Truth from Your Providence, then rain down upon us stones from the heaven, or come up to us with a painful torment."
Bijan Moeinian
They were challenging you to ask God to send them fiery stones from the sky or any other sever punishment. [How foolish of them to ask for a miracle that will kill them instantly, not giving them time to contemplate about it and then either accept it or reject it!