أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
He saith: Will ye look?
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ
He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ
And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
Are we then not to die
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
Lo! this is the supreme triumph.
لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ
For the like of this, then, let the workers work.