فَأَقْبَلَ And (will) approach fa-aqbala some of them baʿḍuhum to ʿalā others baʿḍin questioning one another yatasāalūna
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
قَالَ Will say qāla a speaker qāilun among them min'hum Indeed, I innī had kāna for me lī a companion qarīnun
A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].
يَقُولُ Who (would) say yaqūlu Are you indeed a-innaka surely of lamina those who believe l-muṣadiqīna
Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe
أَءِذَا Is (it) when a-idhā we have died mit'nā and become wakunnā dust turāban and bones waʿiẓāman will we a-innā surely be brought to Judgment lamadīnūna
That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
قَالَ He (will) say qāla Will hal you antum be looking muṭṭaliʿūna
He will say, "Would you [care to] look?"
فَٱطَّلَعَ Then he (will) look fa-iṭṭalaʿa and see him faraāhu in fī (the) midst sawāi (of) the Hellfire l-jaḥīmi
And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.
قَالَ He (will) say qāla By Allah tal-lahi verily in you almost kidtta ruined me latur'dīni
He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.
وَلَوْلَا And if not walawlā (for the) Grace niʿ'matu (of) my Lord rabbī certainly, I (would) have been lakuntu among mina those brought l-muḥ'ḍarīna
If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].
أَفَمَا Then are not afamā we naḥnu (to) die bimayyitīna
Then, are we not to die
إِلَّا Except illā our death mawtatanā the first l-ūlā and not wamā we naḥnu will be punished bimuʿadhabīna
Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
إِنَّ Indeed inna this hādhā surely lahuwa (is) the attainment l-fawzu great l-ʿaẓīmu
Indeed, this is the great attainment.
لِمِثْلِ For (the) like limith'li (of) this hādhā let work falyaʿmali the workers l-ʿāmilūna
For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.