وَأَصْحَـٰبُ And (the) companions wa-aṣḥābu (of) the left l-shimāli what mā (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the left l-shimāli
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
فِى In fī scorching fire samūmin and scalding water waḥamīmin
[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
وَظِلٍّۢ And a shade waẓillin of min black smoke yaḥmūmin
And a shade of black smoke,
لَّا Not lā cool bāridin and not walā pleasant karīmin
Neither cool nor beneficial.
إِنَّهُمْ Indeed, they innahum were kānū before qabla that dhālika indulging in affluence mut'rafīna
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
وَكَانُوا۟ And were wakānū persisting yuṣirrūna in ʿalā the sin l-ḥinthi the great l-ʿaẓīmi
And they used to persist in the great violation,
وَكَانُوا۟ And they used (to) wakānū say yaqūlūna When a-idhā we die mit'nā and become wakunnā dust turāban and bones waʿiẓāman will we a-innā surely be resurrected lamabʿūthūna
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا And also our fathers awaābāunā former l-awalūna
And our forefathers [as well]?"
قُلْ Say qul Indeed inna the former l-awalīna and the later people wal-ākhirīna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ Surely, will be gathered lamajmūʿūna for ilā (the) appointment mīqāti (of) a Day yawmin well-known maʿlūmin
Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."
ثُمَّ Then thumma indeed you innakum O those astray ayyuhā O those astray l-ḍālūna the deniers l-mukadhibūna
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
لَـَٔاكِلُونَ Will surely eat laākilūna from min (the) tree shajarin of min Zaqqum zaqqūmin
Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm
فَمَالِـُٔونَ Then will fill famāliūna with it min'hā the bellies l-buṭūna
And filling with it your bellies
فَشَـٰرِبُونَ And drink fashāribūna over it ʿalayhi [from] mina the scalding water l-ḥamīmi
And drinking on top of it from scalding water.
فَشَـٰرِبُونَ And will drink fashāribūna (as) drinking shur'ba (of) the thirsty camels l-hīmi
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
هَـٰذَا This hādhā (is) their hospitality nuzuluhum (on the) Day yawma (of) Judgment l-dīni
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.