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Muhammad Asad   
And, lo, they would say, "O God! If this. be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict [some other] grievous suffering on us!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And ˹remember˺ when they prayed, “O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from the sky or overcome us with a painful punishment.”
Safi Kaskas   
They would also say, "God, if this is the Truth from You, then rain down on us stones from the heavens or inflict some painful suffering on us."

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Arabic   
وَإِذْ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ أَوِ ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيم
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-idh qālū l-lahuma in kāna hādhā huwa l-ḥaqa min ʿindika fa-amṭir ʿalaynā ḥijāratan mina l-samāi awi i'tinā biʿadhābin alīmi
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And when they said, "O Allah! If was this it the truth from You then (send) rain upon us (of) stones from the sky or bring (upon) us a punishment painful."

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And, lo, they would say, "O God! If this. be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict [some other] grievous suffering on us!"
M. M. Pickthall   
And when they said: O Allah! If this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down stones on us or bring on us some painful doom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Remember how they said: "O Allah if this is indeed the Truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a grievous penalty."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And ˹remember˺ when they prayed, “O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from the sky or overcome us with a painful punishment.”
Safi Kaskas   
They would also say, "God, if this is the Truth from You, then rain down on us stones from the heavens or inflict some painful suffering on us."
Wahiduddin Khan   
They also said, God, if this really is the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from heaven, or send us some other painful punishment
Shakir   
And when they said: O Allah! if this is the truth from Thee, then rain upon us stones from heaven or inflict on us a painful punishment
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And when they said: O God! Truly, if this had been The Truth from Thee, rain down rocks on us from heaven or bring us a painful punishment.
T.B.Irving   
When they say: "O God, if this is the Truth from You, then rain down stones from Heaven on us, or give us painful torment!"
Abdul Hye   
And (remember) when they said: “O Allah! If this (the Qur’an) is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or brings us a painful punishment.”
The Study Quran   
And [remember] when they said, “O God, if this be the truth from Thee, rain down stones upon us from the sky, or bring us a painful punishment.
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And bring to mind when they said: “Beloved Allah! If this is: it (is the only) Al-Haqq from You, then rain down on us stones from the sky or You come to us with a painful torment.”
Farook Malik   
Also remember how they said: "O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or inflict some dreadful scourge to punish us."
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And they said, 'Our God, if this is the truth from You, then rain down on us stones from the sky, or visit us with a painful affliction.'
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And as they said, "O Allah, (The Arabic word has the suffix-unima for supplication) in case this is (really) the Truth from Your Providence, then rain down upon us stones from the heaven, or come up to us with a painful torment."
Muhammad Sarwar   
They also say, "Lord, if this (Quran) is the Truth from you, shower down stones on us from the sky instead of rain or send us a painful punishment"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And (recall) when they said, .O Allah, if this is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then, rain down stones upon us from the heavens, or bring upon us a painful punishment
Shabbir Ahmed   
They went ahead saying, "O Allah! If this is indeed the Truth from You, then shower upon us rocks from the sky or bring on us a painful suffering."
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Remember when they said, "Oh Allah, if this (Qur´an) happens to be the truth revealed by You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring on the painful punishment upon us."
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And (remember) when how they said: "O Allah! If this is indeed the Truth from You, then rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a painful penalty."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And [remember] when they said, "O Allah , if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And they said: "O God, if this is the truth from You, then send down upon us a rain of stones from the sky or bring on us a painful retribution."
Abdel Haleem   
They also said, ‘God, if this really is the truth from You, then rain stones on us from the heavens, or send us some other painful punishment.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And recall what time they said: O God! if this indeed be the truth from before Thee, then rain down stones upon us from heaven or bring on us a torment afflictive
Ahmed Ali   
They had also said: "If this be the truth from you, O God, then rain down on us stones from the skies, or inflict a grievous punishment upon us."
Aisha Bewley   
And they say, ´Allah, if this is really the truth from You, rain down stones on us out of heaven or send a painful punishment down on us.´
Ali Ünal   
And when they said (even this): "O God! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring upon us another painful punishment!"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And when they said, ‘O Allah, if this be the truth from You, rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring us a painful punishment.’
Hamid S. Aziz   
When they said, "O Allah! If this be indeed truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring us grievous doom!"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And when they said: God, if this is the truth from You, then shower us with stones from the sky and bring us a painful punishment
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Remember how they said, “O God, if this is indeed the truth from You, rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a terrible penalty.
Musharraf Hussain   
They said, “Allah, if this is, indeed, the truth from You then pelt us with hailstones from the sky, or fetch us some other painful punishment.”
Maududi   
And also recall when they said: ´O Allah! If this indeed be the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from heaven, or bring upon us a painful chastisement.´
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And they said: "Our god, if this is the truth from You, then send down upon us a rain of stones from the heaven or bring upon us a painful retribution."
Mohammad Shafi   
And they said, "O Allah! If this is the Truth from You, then rain upon us stones from the sky or bring on us a painful punishment."

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And when they said, 'O Allah, if this Quran indeed be the truth from You then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us! Any painful chastisement.
Rashad Khalifa   
They also said, "Our god, if this is really the truth from You, then shower us with rocks from the sky, or pour upon us a painful punishment."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
When they say: 'O Allah, if this is indeed the truth from You, rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring us a painful punishment..
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And when they said: O Allah, if this is indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down on us stones from heaven or inflict on us a painful chastisement
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And when they said: "Oh God if that was it, the truth from at you, so rain on us stones from the sky/space or come/bring to us with a painful torture."
Bijan Moeinian   
They were challenging you to ask God to send them fiery stones from the sky or any other sever punishment. [How foolish of them to ask for a miracle that will kill them instantly, not giving them time to contemplate about it and then either accept it or reject it!
Faridul Haque   
And when they said, "O Allah! If this (the Qur’an) is really the truth from You, then shower upon us a rain of stones from the sky, or bring upon us some painful punishment."
Sher Ali   
And remember the time when they said, `O ALLAH, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us a grievous punishment.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And when they said (sarcastically): ‘O Allah! If this (Qur’an) is really the truth from Your side, then rain down upon us stones from the sky (for disobeying it), or seize us with some grievous torment.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And (recall the time) when they said, `O Allah! if this (faith of Islam) indeed be the truth revealed by You, then rain down upon us stones from heaven, or bring down upon us (some other) grievous punishment.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And (remember) when they said: "O Allah! If this (the Quran) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
And when they said, 'O God, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones out of heaven, or bring us a painful chastisement.
George Sale   
And remember the time when they said, 'O God, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us a grievous punishment.
Edward Henry Palmer   
When they said, 'O God! if this be truth, and from Thee, then rain upon us stones from heaven or bring us grievous woe!
John Medows Rodwell   
And when they said, "God! if this be the very truth from before thee, rain down stones upon us from Heaven, or lay on us some grievous chastisement."
N J Dawood (2014)   
They also say: ‘Lord, if this be indeed the Truth revealed from You, rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring us some woeful scourge to punish us.‘

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Remember how they said, “O Allah, if this really is the truth from You, send upon us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a horrible punishment.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
When they say: "O Allah (God), if this is the Truth from You, then rain down stones from Heaven on us, or give us painful torment!"
Sayyid Qutb   
They would also say: 'God, if this be indeed Your revealed truth, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict grievous suffering on us.'
Ahmed Hulusi   
Remember when they said, “O Allah... If this the Truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky! Or afflict us with a painful suffering.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And (remember) when they said: � O Allah! if this (Qur�?n) is the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring us a painful punishment �
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
And remember O Muhammad when their pride and insolence got the better of their prudence and they said: O Allah, "if this is a divine discourse revealed from Your heaven's realm, then pour down upon us from the floor of the vault of heaven a rain of stones or a rain of large blows"
Mir Aneesuddin   
And (remember) when they said, "O Allah ! if this is the truth from You then rain on us stones from the sky or bring on us a painful punishment."

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Remember how they said: "O God if this is indeed the Truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a grievous penalty."
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And when they said, "O Allah! If this is [t] the truth from You then (send) rain upon us (of) stones from the sky or bring (upon) us a punishment painful.