وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ
(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,
وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ
And in the shades of Black Smoke:
لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ
For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),
وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
"(We) and our fathers of old?"
قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,