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,1 "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 him1 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.
أَذَٰلِكَ Is that adhālika better khayrun (as) hospitality nuzulan or am (the) tree shajaratu (of) Zaqqum l-zaqūmi
Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?
إِنَّا Indeed, We innā [We] have made it jaʿalnāhā a trial fit'natan for the wrongdoers lilẓẓālimīna
Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
إِنَّهَا Indeed, it innahā (is) a tree shajaratun that grows takhruju in fī (the) bottom aṣli (of) the Hellfire l-jaḥīmi
Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,
طَلْعُهَا Its emerging fruit ṭalʿuhā (is) as if it ka-annahu (was) heads ruūsu (of) the devils l-shayāṭīni
Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.
فَإِنَّهُمْ And indeed, they fa-innahum (will) surely eat laākilūna from it min'hā and fill famāliūna with it min'hā (their) bellies l-buṭūna
And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.
ثُمَّ Then thumma indeed inna for them lahum in it ʿalayhā (is) a mixture lashawban of min boiling water ḥamīmin
Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.
ثُمَّ Then thumma indeed inna their return marjiʿahum (will) surely be to la-ilā the Hellfire l-jaḥīmi
Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.
إِنَّهُمْ Indeed, they innahum found alfaw their fathers ābāahum astray ḍāllīna
Indeed they found their fathers astray.
فَهُمْ So they fahum on ʿalā their footsteps āthārihim they hastened yuh'raʿūna
So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad went astray ḍalla before them qablahum most aktharu (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We sent arsalnā among them fīhim warners mundhirīna
And We had already sent among them warners.
فَٱنظُرْ Then see fa-unẓur how kayfa was kāna (the) end ʿāqibatu (of) those who were warned l-mundharīna
Then look how was the end of those who were warned -
إِلَّا Except illā (the) slaves ʿibāda (of) Allah l-lahi the chosen ones l-mukh'laṣīna
But not the chosen servants of Allāh.
وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad called Us nādānā Nuh nūḥun and Best falaniʿ'ma (are We as) Responders l-mujībūna
And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ And We saved him wanajjaynāhu and his family wa-ahlahu from mina the distress l-karbi the great l-ʿaẓīmi
And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.