A day or a part of a day", they say "but You - Surah Al-Mu’minun ayat 113 in Tafsir

﴿قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖ فَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلۡعَآدِّينَ ﴾
[المؤمنُون: 113]

A day or a part of a day", they say "but You may ask those -the angels- who keep count

﴿قالوا لبثنا يوما أو بعض يوم فاسأل العادين﴾ [المؤمنُون: 113]

Dr Kamal Omar
They said: “We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask those who keep account.”

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: We lingered in expectation a day or some of a day. So ask the ones who count

Dr Munir Munshey
They shall reply, "We stayed only a day or part of a day. Ask those who are (given the task of) maintaining accounts

Edward Henry Palmer
They will say, 'We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask the Numberers

Farook Malik
They will reply: "We lived there a day or part of a day; You may ask those who kept the count

George Sale
They will answer, We have continued there a day, or part of a day: but ask those who keep account

Maududi
They will say: "We stayed for a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count of this