أَوَلَم يَتَفَكَّروا في أَنفُسِهِم ۗ ما خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَما بَينَهُما إِلّا بِالحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثيرًا مِنَ النّاسِ بِلِقاءِ رَبِّهِم لَكافِرونَ
Don’t they reflect within themselves? God didn’t create the heavens, the earth, and what’s between them, except with the truth and for a determined term. Yet, many among humankind deny the meeting with their Lord.
أَوَلَم يَسيروا فِي الأَرضِ فَيَنظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ كانوا أَشَدَّ مِنهُم قُوَّةً وَأَثارُوا الأَرضَ وَعَمَروها أَكثَرَ مِمّا عَمَروها وَجاءَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّناتِ ۖ فَما كانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظلِمَهُم وَلـٰكِن كانوا أَنفُسَهُم يَظلِمونَ
Didn’t they travel through the earth and see how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than them. They tilled the ground and developed it more than they have developed it. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. Surely, God was not to wrong them; they wronged themselves.
ثُمَّ كانَ عاقِبَةَ الَّذينَ أَساءُوا السّوأىٰ أَن كَذَّبوا بِآياتِ اللَّهِ وَكانوا بِها يَستَهزِئونَ
The outcome for those who did evil was the worst, because they denied God’s signs and they used to ridicule them.
اللَّهُ يَبدَأُ الخَلقَ ثُمَّ يُعيدُهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ
God begins creation; then He will repeat it; then you will be returned to Him.
وَيَومَ تَقومُ السّاعَةُ يُبلِسُ المُجرِمونَ
On the Day the Hour sets in, the guilty will be struck with despair.
وَلَم يَكُن لَهُم مِن شُرَكائِهِم شُفَعاءُ وَكانوا بِشُرَكائِهِم كافِرينَ
None of their associates will intercede for them, and they will reject their partners.
وَيَومَ تَقومُ السّاعَةُ يَومَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقونَ
On the Day when the Hour appears—on that Day, they will be separated.
فَأَمَّا الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ فَهُم في رَوضَةٍ يُحبَرونَ
As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, they will be made happy in a Garden.
وَأَمَّا الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَكَذَّبوا بِآياتِنا وَلِقاءِ الآخِرَةِ فَأُولـٰئِكَ فِي العَذابِ مُحضَرونَ
However, those who disbelieved, denied Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter—those will be ushered into punishment.
فَسُبحانَ اللَّهِ حينَ تُمسونَ وَحينَ تُصبِحونَ
So exalted is God when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning.
وَلَهُ الحَمدُ فِي السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَحينَ تُظهِرونَ
To Him belongs all praise in the heavens and the earth, and in the late afternoon, and when the day begins to decline.