إِنَّ هـٰؤُلاءِ لَيَقولونَ
Yet these people say:
إِن هِيَ إِلّا مَوتَتُنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُنشَرينَ
“There is only our first death, and we won’t be resurrected.
فَأتوا بِآبائِنا إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ
Then bring back our ancestors, if you are truthful.”
أَهُم خَيرٌ أَم قَومُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ أَهلَكناهُم ۖ إِنَّهُم كانوا مُجرِمينَ
Are they better than the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them because they were criminals.
وَما خَلَقنَا السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَما بَينَهُما لاعِبينَ
We didn’t create the heavens, the earth, and everything in between in play.
ما خَلَقناهُما إِلّا بِالحَقِّ وَلـٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَهُم لا يَعلَمونَ
We created them only in truth, but most of them don’t know.
إِنَّ يَومَ الفَصلِ ميقاتُهُم أَجمَعينَ
The Day of Decision is their appointed time, all of them.
يَومَ لا يُغني مَولًى عَن مَولًى شَيئًا وَلا هُم يُنصَرونَ
The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped.
إِلّا مَن رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ العَزيزُ الرَّحيمُ
Except those on whom God has mercy. He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقّومِ
The Tree of Bitterness.
طَعامُ الأَثيمِ
Food of the sinners.