سُوْرَةُ الطُّوْرِ
Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 44
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they were to see
كِسْفًۭا
kis'fan
a portion
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
سَاقِطًۭا
sāqiṭan
falling
يَقُولُوا۟
yaqūlū
they will say
سَحَابٌۭ
saḥābun
Clouds
مَّرْكُومٌۭ
markūmun
heaped up
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 44) {وَ اِنْ يَّرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا … : ’’ كِسْفًا ‘‘} With the sukoon on the letter "seen," it is singular, meaning "a piece." Some say it is plural, just as {’’سِدْرَةٌ ‘‘} is the plural of {’’سِدْرٌ‘‘}, meaning "pieces." (I‘rab al-Qur’an by Darwish) That is, these people have resolved to deny at any cost, and the miracles they demand as a condition for faith are only to challenge and confound. Even if all the miracles they request are shown to them, they still will not believe. (See Al-An‘am: 11; Yunus: 97, 96) Then, either they will reject it by calling it magic cast upon the eyes (see Al-Hijr: 15) or make some other excuse to refuse to believe. For example, their demand is that the sky be dropped upon them in pieces (see Bani Isra’il: 92). Even if We fulfill this demand of theirs and drop a piece of the sky, they will call it layered clouds and refuse to believe, even though they will be seeing it and will be certain that it is not layered clouds.
