أَفَمَن يَتَّقي بِوَجهِهِ سوءَ العَذابِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ ۚ وَقيلَ لِلظّالِمينَ ذوقوا ما كُنتُم تَكسِبونَ

What about the person who shields his face from the terrible suffering on Resurrection Day? To the evildoers, it will be said, “Taste what you’ve earned.”

كَذَّبَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم فَأَتاهُمُ العَذابُ مِن حَيثُ لا يَشعُرونَ

Those before them also denied, so the punishment befell them from where they were unaware.

فَأَذاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الخِزيَ فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَ

Thus, God made them taste disgrace in this worldly life, but the punishment of the Hereafter is indeed greater—if only they knew.

وَلَقَد ضَرَبنا لِلنّاسِ في هـٰذَا القُرآنِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَذَكَّرونَ

In this Quran, We present various parables for people to ponder.

قُرآنًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيرَ ذي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَّقونَ

A Quran in Arabic, without any discrepancy, so they may become cautious.

إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُم مَيِّتونَ

You will surely die, and they, too, will die.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ عِندَ رَبِّكُم تَختَصِمونَ

Then, on Resurrection Day, you will dispute in the presence of your Lord.

فَمَن أَظلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِالصِّدقِ إِذ جاءَهُ ۚ أَلَيسَ في جَهَنَّمَ مَثوًى لِلكافِرينَ

Who could be more unjust than the one who fabricates lies about God and denies the truth when it reaches him? Isn’t there a dwelling in Hell for the unbelievers?

وَالَّذي جاءَ بِالصِّدقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ ۙ أُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ المُتَّقونَ

Yet, those who brought the truth and believed in it—these are the righteous ones.

لَهُم ما يَشاءونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِم ۚ ذٰلِكَ جَزاءُ المُحسِنينَ

They will have all that they desire with their Lord. That’s the reward of the good-doers.