26. Shuara · verses 185–189

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ

Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena

They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ

Wama anta illa basharun mithluna wain nathunnuka lamina alkathibeena

"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar!

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Faasqit AAalayna kisafan mina alssamai in kunta mina alssadiqeena

"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ

Qala rabbee aAAlamu bima taAAmaloona

He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathahum AAathabu yawmi alththullati innahu kana AAathaba yawmin AAatheemin

But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.