وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
And as for him who is brought his Book beyond his back,
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
Then he will call for detriment,
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And he will roast at a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
Surely he (once lived) among his family, pleasured;
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Surely he surmised he would never recede (Or: return).
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
Yes indeed, his Lord has been Ever-Beholding (of) him.
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
Yet no! I swear by the twilight,
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And the night and whatever load it has,
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
And the moon when it grows full-
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
Indeed you will definitely ride state after state (i.e., travel from one stage "of life" to another).