Al-Waqia
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا الضَّالُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ51
and you who have gone astray and denied the truth
لَآكِلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِنْ زَقُّومٍ52
will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum
فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ53
filling your bellies with it
فَشَارِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيمِ54
and drink scalding water
فَشَارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِيمِ55
lapping it like thirsty camels.’
هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ56
This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ57
It was We who created you: will you not believe
أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا تُمْنُونَ58
Consider [the semen] you eject
أَأَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الْخَالِقُونَ59
do you create it yourselves or are We the Creator
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ60
We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us
عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ أَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فِي مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ61
if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ62
You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect
أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا تَحْرُثُونَ63
Consider the seeds you sow in the ground
أَأَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ64
is it you who make them grow or We
لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَاهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ65
If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail
إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ66
‘We are burdened with debt
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ67
we are bereft.’
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي تَشْرَبُونَ68
Consider the water you drink
أَأَنْتُمْ أَنْزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْزِلُونَ69
was it you who brought it down from the rain-cloud or We
لَوْ نَشَاءُ جَعَلْنَاهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ70
If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِي تُورُونَ71
Consider the fire you kindle
أَأَنْتُمْ أَنْشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَا أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِئُونَ72
is it you who make the wood for it grow or We
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَاعًا لِلْمُقْوِينَ73
We made it a reminder, and useful to those who kindle it
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ74
so [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِعِ النُّجُومِ75
I swear by the positions of the stars
وَإِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ76
a mighty oath, if you only knew