آية :
18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
18. Verily, he thought and plotted.
آية :
19
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
19. So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
آية :
20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
20. And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
آية :
21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
21. Then he thought.
آية :
22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
22. Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
آية :
23
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
23. Then he turned back, and was proud.
آية :
24
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
24. Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
آية :
25
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
25. "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
آية :
26
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
26. I will cast him into Hell-fire.[1]
آية :
27
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
27. And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
آية :
28
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
28. It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
آية :
29
لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
29. Burning and blackening the skins!
آية :
30
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
30. Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
آية :
31
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ
31. And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur’ân is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur’ân is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allâh intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allâh leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.
آية :
32
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
32. Nay! And by the moon
آية :
33
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
33. And by the night when it withdraws.
آية :
34
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
34. And by the dawn when it brightens.
آية :
35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
35. Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs).
آية :
36
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
36. A warning to mankind -
آية :
37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
37. To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
آية :
38
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
38. Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
آية :
39
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
39. Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islâmic Monotheism).
آية :
40
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
40. In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
آية :
41
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
41. About Al-Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
آية :
42
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
42. "What has caused you to enter Hell?"
آية :
43
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
43. They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salât (prayers),[2]
آية :
44
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
44. "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskîn (the poor);
آية :
45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
45. "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allâh hated) with vain talkers.[3]
آية :
46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
46. And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,[4]
آية :
47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
47. "Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
