يَوْمَ (The) Day yawma will be takūnu the sky l-samāu like molten copper kal-muh'li
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُ And will be watakūnu the mountains l-jibālu like wool kal-ʿih'ni
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا And not walā will ask yasalu a friend ḥamīmun (about) a friend ḥamīman
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ They will be made to see each other yubaṣṣarūnahum Would wish yawaddu the criminal l-muj'rimu if law he (could be) ransomed yaftadī from min (the) punishment ʿadhābi (of) that Day yawmi-idhin by his children bibanīhi
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ And his spouse waṣāḥibatihi and his brother wa-akhīhi
And his wife and his brother
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ And his nearest kindred wafaṣīlatihi who allatī sheltered him tu'wīhi
And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
وَمَن And whoever waman (is) on fī the earth l-arḍi all jamīʿan then thumma it (could) save him yunjīhi
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
كَلَّآ ۖ By no means kallā Indeed, it (is) innahā surely a Flame of Hell laẓā
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
نَزَّاعَةًۭ A remover nazzāʿatan of the skin of the head lilshawā
A remover of exteriors.
تَدْعُوا۟ Inviting tadʿū (him) who man turned his back adbara and went away watawallā
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
وَجَمَعَ And collected wajamaʿa and hoarded fa-awʿā
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.