आयत :
18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an][6].
आयत :
19
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
May he perish, how he plotted!
आयत :
20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he perish, how he plotted!
आयत :
21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he looked around,
आयत :
22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
then he frowned and scowled,
आयत :
23
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
then turned away with arrogance,
आयत :
24
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
then said, “This is nothing but magic from the past.
आयत :
25
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
This is nothing but the words of a man.”
आयत :
26
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire[7].
आयत :
27
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
How do you know what Scorching Fire is?
आयत :
28
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It leaves nothing and spares no one,
आयत :
29
لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
scorching the skin.
आयत :
30
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
It is overseen by nineteen [angels].
आयत :
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
We have only appointed angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have only made their number as a test for the disbelievers[8], so that those who were given the Scripture may have certainty and the believers may increase in faith; and neither those who were given the Scripture nor the believers may have any doubts; and so that those [hypocrites] in whose hearts is sickness and the disbelievers may say, “What does Allah mean by this number?” Thus Allah causes to stray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, and none knows the soldiers of your Lord but He. This is but a reminder to mankind.
आयत :
32
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
No indeed! By the moon,
आयत :
33
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
and by the night when it departs,
आयत :
34
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
and by the dawn when it brightens,
आयत :
35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Hellfire is indeed one of the greatest matters,
आयत :
36
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
a warning to mankind,
आयत :
37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
to whoever among you chooses to advance or regress.
आयत :
38
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is held in pledge[9] for its deeds,
आयत :
39
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
except the People of the Right[10],
आयत :
40
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
who will be in gardens, asking one another
आयत :
41
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
about the wicked:
आयत :
42
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
“What brought you to Hell?”
आयत :
43
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, “We were not among those who prayed,
आयत :
44
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
nor did we feed the poor,
आयत :
45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
and we indulged in falsehood along with those who indulged in it,
आयत :
46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
and we denied the Day of Judgment,
आयत :
47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
until the certainty [of death] came to us.”
