As-Saaffat
يَقُولُ أَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِينَ52
who used to ask me, “Do you really believe that
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ53
after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”’
قَالَ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُطَّلِعُونَ54
Then he will say, ‘Shall we look for him?’
فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ55
He will look down and see him in the midst of the Fire
قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْدِينِ56
and say to him, ‘By God, you almost brought me to ruin
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ57
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I too would have been taken to Hell.’
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ58
Then he will say [to his blessed companions], ‘Are we never to die again after our earlier death
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ59
Shall we never suffer
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ60
This truly is the supreme triumph!’
لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ61
Everyone should strive to attain this
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ62
Is this the better welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِلظَّالِمِينَ63
which we have made a test for the evildoers
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ64
This tree grows in the heart of the blazing Fire
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ65
and its fruits are like devils’ heads
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ66
They will fill their bellies eating from it
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِنْ حَمِيمٍ67
then drink scalding water on top of it
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ68
then return to the blazing Fire
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا آبَاءَهُمْ ضَالِّينَ69
They found their forefathers astray
فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ70
and rushed to follow in their footsteps- before the disbelievers [of Mecca]
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ71
most men in the past went astray
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ مُنْذِرِينَ72
even though We sent messengers to warn them
فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ73
See how those who were warned met their end
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ74
Not so the true servants of God
وَلَقَدْ نَادَانَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيبُونَ75
Noah cried to Us, and how excellent was Our response
وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ76
We saved him and his people from great distress