إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كانَت مِرصادًا

Hell is a lurking threat.

لِلطّاغينَ مَآبًا

A destination for the oppressors.

لابِثينَ فيها أَحقابًا

Where they will remain for eons.

لا يَذوقونَ فيها بَردًا وَلا شَرابًا

They won’t taste therein any coolness or drink.

إِلّا حَميمًا وَغَسّاقًا

Except boiling water and freezing cold hail.

إِنَّهُم كانوا لا يَرجونَ حِسابًا

For they were not expecting accountability.

وَكَذَّبوا بِآياتِنا كِذّابًا

And they denied Our verses with vehement denial.

وَكُلَّ شَيءٍ أَحصَيناهُ كِتابًا

But all things We’ve accounted for in writing.

فَذوقوا فَلَن نَزيدَكُم إِلّا عَذابًا

So taste; We will only increase your suffering.

إِنَّ لِلمُتَّقينَ مَفازًا

For the righteous, however, there is triumph.