Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
if they could but find a place of refuge, or any cavern, or a crevice [in the earth], they would turn towards it in headlong haste
Arthur John Arberry
If they could find a shelter, or some caverns, or any place to creep into, they would turn about and bolt away to it
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would turn straightaway thereto, with an obstinate rush
Arabic
لَوۡ یَجِدُونَ مَلۡجَءًا أَوۡ مَغَـٰرَ ٰتٍ أَوۡ مُدَّخَلࣰا لَّوَلَّوۡا۟ إِلَیۡهِ وَهُمۡ یَجۡمَحُونَ ٥٧
Transliteration (2021)
law yajidūna malja-an aw maghārātin aw muddakhalan lawallaw ilayhi wahum yajmaḥūn