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.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم أَيُّهَا الضّالّونَ المُكَذِّبونَ

Then you, O misguided deniers.

لَآكِلونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِن زَقّومٍ

Will eat from the Tree of Bitterness.

فَمالِئونَ مِنهَا البُطونَ

You will fill your bellies with it.

فَشارِبونَ عَلَيهِ مِنَ الحَميمِ

Then, on top of it, you will drink boiling fluids.

فَشارِبونَ شُربَ الهيمِ

Drinking as parched camels do.