26. Shuara · verses 187–189

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.