يَومَ يَرَونَ المَلائِكَةَ لا بُشرىٰ يَومَئِذٍ لِلمُجرِمينَ وَيَقولونَ حِجرًا مَحجورًا

On the Day they see the angels, there will be no joy for the transgressors, and they will exclaim, “This is an insurmountable barrier!”

وَقَدِمنا إِلىٰ ما عَمِلوا مِن عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلناهُ هَباءً مَنثورًا

We will then turn to the deeds they’ve committed and reduce them to scattered dust.

أَصحابُ الجَنَّةِ يَومَئِذٍ خَيرٌ مُستَقَرًّا وَأَحسَنُ مَقيلًا

On that Day, the inhabitants of Paradise will have the best residence, and the finest place of rest.

وَيَومَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّماءُ بِالغَمامِ وَنُزِّلَ المَلائِكَةُ تَنزيلًا

On the Day when the sky and its clouds are ripped apart, the angels descend in continuous streams.

المُلكُ يَومَئِذٍ الحَقُّ لِلرَّحمـٰنِ ۚ وَكانَ يَومًا عَلَى الكافِرينَ عَسيرًا

On that Day, sovereignty will belong to the Most Merciful. It will be a difficult Day for the disbelievers.

يا وَيلَتىٰ لَيتَني لَم أَتَّخِذ فُلانًا خَليلًا

Alas, for me! I wish I had never taken so-and-so as a friend.

لَقَد أَضَلَّني عَنِ الذِّكرِ بَعدَ إِذ جاءَني ۗ وَكانَ الشَّيطانُ لِلإِنسانِ خَذولًا

He led me away from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan has always been a betrayer of man.”

وَقالَ الرَّسولُ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَومِي اتَّخَذوا هـٰذَا القُرآنَ مَهجورًا

The Messenger will say, “O my Lord, my people have treated this Quran as something to be disregarded.”

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلنا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِنَ المُجرِمينَ ۗ وَكَفىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هادِيًا وَنَصيرًا

For every prophet, We assigned adversaries from among the guilty. Yet, your Lord is sufficient as a Guide and Helper.

وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لَولا نُزِّلَ عَلَيهِ القُرآنُ جُملَةً واحِدَةً ۚ كَذٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلناهُ تَرتيلًا

The disbelievers question, “Why wasn’t the Quran revealed to him all at once?” It was thus, to strengthen your heart, that We revealed it in stages.