Quran 52:44 — At-Tur, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’
وَإِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَرْكُومٌ
wa-in yaraw kis'fan mina l-samāi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud!'
- 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!”
- Sahih International
- And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they were to see | رأي |
| 3 | كِسْفًۭاkis'fan | a portion | كسف |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 6 | سَاقِطًۭاsāqiṭan | falling | سقط |
| 7 | يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū | they will say | قول |
| 8 | سَحَابٌۭsaḥābun | Clouds | سحب |
| 9 | مَّرْكُومٌۭmarkūmun | heaped up | ركم |