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إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ﴿١٨﴾

For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ﴿١٩﴾

(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ﴿٢٠﴾

Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ﴿٢١﴾

Then looked he,

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ﴿٢٢﴾

Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ﴿٢٣﴾

Then turned he away in pride

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ﴿٢٤﴾

And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ﴿٢٥﴾

This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ﴿٢٦﴾

Him shall I fling unto the burning.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ﴿٢٧﴾

- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ﴿٢٨﴾

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ﴿٢٩﴾

It shrivelleth the man.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ﴿٣٠﴾

Above it are nineteen.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ﴿٣١﴾

We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ﴿٣٢﴾

Nay, by the Moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ﴿٣٣﴾

And the night when it withdraweth

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ﴿٣٤﴾

And the dawn when it shineth forth,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ﴿٣٥﴾

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ﴿٣٦﴾

As a warning unto men,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ﴿٣٧﴾

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ﴿٣٨﴾

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ﴿٣٩﴾

Save those who will stand on the right hand.

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ﴿٤٠﴾

In gardens they will ask one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ﴿٤١﴾

Concerning the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ﴿٤٢﴾

What hath brought you to this burning?

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ﴿٤٣﴾

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ﴿٤٤﴾

Nor did we feed the wretched.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ﴿٤٥﴾

We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٤٦﴾

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ﴿٤٧﴾

Till the Inevitable came unto us.