أَذٰلِكَ خَيرٌ نُزُلًا أَم شَجَرَةُ الزَّقّومِ

Isn’t this a better hospitality than that of the Tree of Bitterness?

إِنّا جَعَلناها فِتنَةً لِلظّالِمينَ

We made it an ordeal for the unjust.

إِنَّها شَجَرَةٌ تَخرُجُ في أَصلِ الجَحيمِ

It’s a tree that sprouts from the core of Hellfire.

طَلعُها كَأَنَّهُ رُءوسُ الشَّياطينِ

Its buds are like the heads of devils.

فَإِنَّهُم لَآكِلونَ مِنها فَمالِئونَ مِنهَا البُطونَ

From it, they will eat and fill their stomachs.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرجِعَهُم لَإِلَى الجَحيمِ

Then, their return will be to the flaming Inferno.

إِنَّهُم أَلفَوا آباءَهُم ضالّينَ

They found their ancestors astray.

فَهُم عَلىٰ آثارِهِم يُهرَعونَ

And they rushed upon their footsteps.

وَلَقَد ضَلَّ قَبلَهُم أَكثَرُ الأَوَّلينَ

Most of the earlier generations before them had also deviated.

وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا فيهِم مُنذِرينَ

Even though We had sent warners among them.