كَلَّآ Nay kallā Indeed inna (the) record kitāba (of) the wicked l-fujāri (is) surely in lafī Sijjin sijjīnin
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
وَمَآ And what wamā can make you know adrāka what mā (is) Sijjin sijjīnun
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
كِتَـٰبٌۭ A book kitābun written marqūmun
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
وَيْلٌۭ Woe waylun that Day yawma-idhin to the deniers lil'mukadhibīna
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna deny yukadhibūna (the) Day biyawmi (of) the Judgment l-dīni
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
وَمَا And not wamā can deny yukadhibu [of] it bihi except illā every kullu transgressor muʿ'tadin sinful athīmin
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
إِذَا When idhā are recited tut'lā to him ʿalayhi Our Verses āyātunā he says qāla Stories asāṭīru (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
كَلَّا ۖ Nay kallā But bal (the) stain has covered rāna [over] ʿalā their hearts qulūbihim (for) what mā they used to kānū earn yaksibūna
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
كَلَّآ Nay kallā Indeed, they innahum from ʿan their Lord rabbihim that Day yawma-idhin surely will be partitioned lamaḥjūbūna
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
ثُمَّ Then thumma indeed, they innahum (surely) will burn laṣālū (in) the Hellfire l-jaḥīmi
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثُمَّ Then thumma it will be said yuqālu This hādhā (is) what alladhī you used to kuntum [of it] bihi deny tukadhibūna
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."