أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي ءَاذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ وَاللَّهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالْكَافِرِينَ

Word by Word (2021) Translation

Or like a rainstorm from the sky in it (are) darkness[es], and thunder, and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears from the thunderclaps (in) fear (of) [the] death. And Allah (is) [the One Who] encompasses the disbelievers.

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Muhammad Asad

Or [the parable] of a violent cloudburst in the sky, with utter darkness, thunder and lightning: they put their fingers into their ears to keep out the peals of thunder, in terror of death; but God encompasses [with His might] all who deny the truth

Arthur John Arberry

or as a cloudburst out of heaven in which is darkness, and thunder, and lightning -- they put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps, fearful of death; and God encompasses the unbelievers

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sky: In it are zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, the while they are in terror of death. But Allah is ever round the rejecters of Faith

Arabic

أَوۡ كَصَیِّبࣲ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فِیهِ ظُلُمَـٰتࣱ وَرَعۡدࣱ وَبَرۡقࣱ یَجۡعَلُونَ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمۡ فِیۤ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَ ٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِیطُۢ بِٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝١٩

Transliteration (2021)

aw kaṣayyibin mina l-samāi fīhi ẓulumātun waraʿdun wabarqun yajʿalūna aṣābiʿahum fī ādhānihim mina l-ṣawāʿiqi ḥadhara l-mawti wal-lahu muḥīṭun bil-kāfirīn

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