يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ ٥٢
who used to ask ˹me˺, ‘Do you actually believe ˹in resurrection˺?
37:52
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be brought to judgment?’”
37:53
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ٥٤
He will ˹then˺ ask, “Would you care to see ˹his fate˺?”
37:54
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥٥
Then he ˹and the others˺ will look and spot him in the midst of the Hellfire.
37:55
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ ٥٦
He will ˹then˺ say, “By Allah! You nearly ruined me.
37:56
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ ٥٧
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I ˹too˺ would have certainly been among those brought ˹to Hell˺.”
37:57
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ٥٨
˹Then he will ask his fellow believers,˺ “Can you imagine that we will never die,
37:58
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٥٩
except our first death, nor be punished ˹like the others˺?”
37:59
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٦٠
This is truly the ultimate triumph.
37:60
لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ ٦١
For such ˹honour˺ all should strive.
37:61
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢
Is this ˹bliss˺ a better accommodation or the tree of Zaqqûm?1
37:62
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٦٣
We have surely made it a test for the wrongdoers.
37:63
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٞ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٦٤
Indeed, it is a tree that grows in the depths of Hell,
37:64
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٦٥
bearing fruit like devils’ heads.
37:65
فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٦٦
The evildoers will certainly ˹be left to˺ eat from it, filling up their bellies with it.
37:66
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبٗا مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ ٦٧
Then on top of that they will be given a blend of boiling drink.
37:67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٦٨
Then they will ultimately return to ˹their place in˺ Hell.
37:68
إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ ٦٩
Indeed, they found their forefathers astray,
37:69
فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ ٧٠
so they rushed in their footsteps!
37:70
وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٧١
And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,
37:71
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٧٢
although We had certainly sent warners among them.
37:72
فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ٧٣
See then what was the end of those who had been warned.
37:73
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٧٤
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
37:74
وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٞ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ ٧٥
Indeed, Noah cried out to Us, and how excellent are We in responding!
37:75
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٦
We delivered him and his family1 from the great distress,
37:76