A company of the former peoples  

ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ  

And a company of the later peoples.  

وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ  

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?  

وَأَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ  

˹They will be˺ in scorching fire and scalding water  

فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ  

And a shade of black smoke,  

وَظِلٍّ مِنْ يَحْمُومٍ  

Neither cool nor beneficial.  

لَا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ  

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,  

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ  

And they used to persist in the great violation,  

وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظِيمِ  

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?  

وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ  

And our forefathers ˹as well˺?"  

أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ  

Say, ˹O Muhammad˺, "Indeed, the former and the later peoples  

قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ  

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."  

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

Then indeed you, O those astray ˹who are˺ deniers,  

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا الضَّالُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ  

Will be eating from trees of zaqqum  

لَآكِلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِنْ زَقُّومٍ  

And filling with it your bellies  

فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ  

And drinking on top of it from scalding water  

فَشَارِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيمِ  

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.  

فَشَارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِيمِ  

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.  

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ