فَما كانَ دَعواهُم إِذ جاءَهُم بَأسُنا إِلّا أَن قالوا إِنّا كُنّا ظالِمينَ

When Our wrath befell them, their only plea was, “Indeed, we were wrongdoers.”

فَلَنَسأَلَنَّ الَّذينَ أُرسِلَ إِلَيهِم وَلَنَسأَلَنَّ المُرسَلينَ

We will question those to whom the messengers were sent, and We will question the messengers themselves.

فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيهِم بِعِلمٍ ۖ وَما كُنّا غائِبينَ

We will narrate their stories to them with knowledge, for We were not absent.

وَالوَزنُ يَومَئِذٍ الحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَت مَوازينُهُ فَأُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحونَ

On that Day, the weighing is the truth. Those whose scales are heavy will find success.

وَمَن خَفَّت مَوازينُهُ فَأُولـٰئِكَ الَّذينَ خَسِروا أَنفُسَهُم بِما كانوا بِآياتِنا يَظلِمونَ

However, those with light scales will have lost their souls, for they had denied Our signs.

وَلَقَد خَلَقناكُم ثُمَّ صَوَّرناكُم ثُمَّ قُلنا لِلمَلائِكَةِ اسجُدوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدوا إِلّا إِبليسَ لَم يَكُن مِنَ السّاجِدينَ

We created you, then We fashioned you, then We said to the angels, “Prostrate yourselves before Adam.” They all prostrated, except Iblis, he was not of those who prostrated.

قالَ ما مَنَعَكَ أَلّا تَسجُدَ إِذ أَمَرتُكَ ۖ قالَ أَنا خَيرٌ مِنهُ خَلَقتَني مِن نارٍ وَخَلَقتَهُ مِن طينٍ

He asked, “What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?” He replied, “I am superior to him; You created me from fire, but You created him from mud.”

قالَ فَاهبِط مِنها فَما يَكونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فيها فَاخرُج إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصّاغِرينَ

He said, “Descend from this place; it’s not for you to be arrogant here! Get out, for you are disgraced!”

قالَ أَنظِرني إِلىٰ يَومِ يُبعَثونَ

He pleaded, “Delay me until the Day they are resurrected.”

قالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ المُنظَرينَ

He replied, “You are granted a delay.”