ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلينَ

A multitude from the earliest generations.

وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الآخِرينَ

And a multitude from the later ones.

وَأَصحابُ الشِّمالِ ما أَصحابُ الشِّمالِ

And those on the Left—what of those on the Left?

في سَمومٍ وَحَميمٍ

In scorching winds and scalding water.

وَظِلٍّ مِن يَحمومٍ

Under the shadow of dense, black smoke.

إِنَّهُم كانوا قَبلَ ذٰلِكَ مُترَفينَ

They were indulged in luxury before that.

وَكانوا يُصِرّونَ عَلَى الحِنثِ العَظيمِ

And they persisted in immense wrongdoing.

وَكانوا يَقولونَ أَئِذا مِتنا وَكُنّا تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَإِنّا لَمَبعوثونَ

And they used to say, “After we die and become dust and bones, will we be resurrected?

أَوَآباؤُنَا الأَوَّلونَ

And our ancestors as well?”

قُل إِنَّ الأَوَّلينَ وَالآخِرينَ

Say, “Certainly, the earlier and later generations.