وَلَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ وَنَعلَمُ ما تُوَسوِسُ بِهِ نَفسُهُ ۖ وَنَحنُ أَقرَبُ إِلَيهِ مِن حَبلِ الوَريدِ
We created man, and We know what his soul whispers to him. We are closer to him than his jugular vein.
إِذ يَتَلَقَّى المُتَلَقِّيانِ عَنِ اليَمينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمالِ قَعيدٌ
As the two receivers receive, seated on the right and left.
ما يَلفِظُ مِن قَولٍ إِلّا لَدَيهِ رَقيبٌ عَتيدٌ
Every word he utters is noted by a vigilant scribe nearby.
وَجاءَت سَكرَةُ المَوتِ بِالحَقِّ ۖ ذٰلِكَ ما كُنتَ مِنهُ تَحيدُ
The stupor of death arrives: “This is what you attempted to evade.”
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصّورِ ۚ ذٰلِكَ يَومُ الوَعيدِ
And the trumpet will be blown. This is the Day of Promise.
وَجاءَت كُلُّ نَفسٍ مَعَها سائِقٌ وَشَهيدٌ
And every soul will come, with it an usher and a witness.
لَقَد كُنتَ في غَفلَةٍ مِن هـٰذا فَكَشَفنا عَنكَ غِطاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ اليَومَ حَديدٌ
“You were neglectful of this, so We’ve removed your veil, and your sight today is iron.”
وَقالَ قَرينُهُ هـٰذا ما لَدَيَّ عَتيدٌ
And his companion will say, “This is what’s with me, prepared.”
أَلقِيا في جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفّارٍ عَنيدٍ
“Throw in Hell every stubborn unbeliever.
مَنّاعٍ لِلخَيرِ مُعتَدٍ مُريبٍ
Obstructor of good, aggressor, doubter.
الَّذي جَعَلَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلـٰهًا آخَرَ فَأَلقِياهُ فِي العَذابِ الشَّديدِ
Who set up another god alongside God, so throw him into severe suffering.”