مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
"What inserted you into Saqar?"
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, "We were not of the ones who prayed,
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
And we did not feed the indigent,
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to wade with the waders, (i.e., wade in vaintalk).
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
And we used to cry lies to the Day of Doom.
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
Until the Certitude came up to us."
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
So in no way will the intercession of the intercessors profit them.
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Then what is it with them that they are veering away from the Reminder.
كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ
As if they were stampeding reddish asses,
فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
Fleeing from a fierce beast? (Or: animal)