No! By the moon  

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ  

And ˹by˺ the night when it departs  

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ  

And ˹by˺ the morning when it brightens,  

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ  

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest ˹afflictions˺  

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ  

As a warning to humanity -  

نَذِيرًا لِلْبَشَرِ  

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.  

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ  

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained  

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ  

Except the companions of the right,  

إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ  

˹Who will be˺ in gardens, questioning each other  

فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ  

About the criminals,  

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ  

˹And asking them˺, "What put you into Saqar?"  

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ  

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,  

قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ  

Nor did we used to feed the poor.  

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ  

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged ˹in it˺,  

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ  

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense  

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ  

Until there came to us the certainty."  

حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ  

So there will not benefit them the intercession of ˹any˺ intercessors.  

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ  

Then what is ˹the matter˺ with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away  

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ  

As if they were alarmed donkeys  

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ  

Fleeing from a lion?  

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ  

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.  

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً  

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.  

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ  

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder  

كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ  

Then whoever wills will remember it.  

فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ  

And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for ˹granting˺ forgiveness.  

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ