ئايەت :
18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an][6].
ئايەت :
19
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
May he perish, how he plotted!
ئايەت :
20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he perish, how he plotted!
ئايەت :
21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he looked around,
ئايەت :
22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
then he frowned and scowled,
ئايەت :
23
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
then turned away with arrogance,
ئايەت :
24
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
then said, “This is nothing but magic from the past.
ئايەت :
25
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
This is nothing but the words of a man.”
ئايەت :
26
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire[7].
ئايەت :
27
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
How do you know what Scorching Fire is?
ئايەت :
28
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It leaves nothing and spares no one,
ئايەت :
29
لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
scorching the skin.
ئايەت :
30
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
It is overseen by nineteen [angels].
ئايەت :
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.
ئايەت :
32
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
No indeed! By the moon,
ئايەت :
33
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
and by the night when it departs,
ئايەت :
34
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
and by the dawn when it brightens,
ئايەت :
35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Hellfire is indeed one of the greatest matters,
ئايەت :
36
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
a warning to mankind,
ئايەت :
37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
to whoever among you chooses to advance or regress.
ئايەت :
38
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is held in pledge[9] for its deeds,
ئايەت :
39
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
except the People of the Right[10],
ئايەت :
40
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
who will be in gardens, asking one another
ئايەت :
41
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
about the wicked:
ئايەت :
42
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
“What brought you to Hell?”
ئايەت :
43
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, “We were not among those who prayed,
ئايەت :
44
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
nor did we feed the poor,
ئايەت :
45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
and we indulged in falsehood along with those who indulged in it,
ئايەت :
46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
and we denied the Day of Judgment,
ئايەت :
47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
until the certainty [of death] came to us.”
