Surah At-Tur — Ayah 44 (52:44)
وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ ٤٤
English translation (Saheeh International)
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,1 they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
- - Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.
Brief commentary
And if they see a piece of the sky falling, they will say: “This is a cloud which is piled up on each other as usual”. So they do not take heed or believe.