إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, he innahu thought fakkara and plotted waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.1
فَقُتِلَ So may he be destroyed faqutila how kayfa he plotted qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ Then thumma may he be destroyed qutila how kayfa he plotted qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ Then thumma he frowned ʿabasa and scowled wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ Then thumma he turned back adbara and was proud wa-is'takbara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
فَقَالَ Then he said faqāla Not in (is) this hādhā but illā magic siḥ'run imitated yu'tharu
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
إِنْ Not in (is) this hādhā but illā (the) word qawlu (of) a human being l-bashari
This is not but the word of a human being."
سَأُصْلِيهِ Soon I will drive him sa-uṣ'līhi (into) Hell saqara
I will drive him into Saqar.1
وَمَآ And what wamā can make you know adrāka what mā (is) Hell saqaru
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
لَا Not lā it lets remain tub'qī and not walā it leaves tadharu
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَوَّاحَةٌۭ Scorching lawwāḥatun the human (skin) lil'bashari
Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.
عَلَيْهَا Over it ʿalayhā (are) nine tis'ʿata teen ʿashara
Over it are nineteen [angels].
وَمَا And not wamā We have made jaʿalnā keepers aṣḥāba (of) the Fire l-nāri except illā Angels malāikatan And not wamā We have made jaʿalnā their number ʿiddatahum except illā (as) a trial fit'natan for those who lilladhīna disbelieve kafarū that may be certain liyastayqina those who alladhīna were given ūtū the Scripture l-kitāba and may increase wayazdāda those who alladhīna believe āmanū (in) faith īmānan and not walā may doubt yartāba those who alladhīna were given ūtū the Scripture l-kitāba and the believers wal-mu'minūna and that may say waliyaqūla those alladhīna in fī their hearts qulūbihim (is) a disease maraḍun and the disbelievers wal-kāfirūna What mādhā (does) intend arāda Allah l-lahu by this bihādhā example mathalan Thus kadhālika does let go astray yuḍillu Allah l-lahu whom man He wills yashāu and guides wayahdī whom man He wills yashāu And none wamā knows yaʿlamu (the) hosts junūda (of) your Lord rabbika except illā Him huwa And not wamā it hiya (is) but illā a reminder dhik'rā to (the) human beings lil'bashari
And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.
وَٱلَّيْلِ And the night wa-al-layli when idh it departs adbara
And [by] the night when it departs.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ And the morning wal-ṣub'ḥi when idhā it brightens asfara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهَا Indeed, it innahā (is) surely one la-iḥ'dā (of) the greatest l-kubari
Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].
نَذِيرًۭا A warning nadhīran to (the) human being lil'bashari
As a warning to humanity -
لِمَن To whoever liman wills shāa among you minkum to an proceed yataqaddama or aw stay behind yata-akhara
To whoever wills among you to proceed1 or stay behind.
كُلُّ Every kullu soul nafsin for what bimā it has earned kasabat (is) pledged rahīnatun
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained1.
إِلَّآ Except illā (the) companions aṣḥāba (of) the right l-yamīni
Except the companions of the right,1.
فِى In fī Gardens jannātin asking each other yatasāalūna
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
مَا What mā led you salakakum into fī Hell saqara
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
قَالُوا۟ They will say qālū Not lam we were naku of mina those who prayed l-muṣalīna
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
وَلَمْ And not walam we used to naku feed nuṭ'ʿimu the poor l-mis'kīna
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا And we used to wakunnā indulge in vain talk nakhūḍu with maʿa the vain talkers l-khāiḍīna
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا And we used to wakunnā deny nukadhibu (the) Day biyawmi (of) the Judgment l-dīni
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā came to us atānā the certainty l-yaqīnu
Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."