أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
"And also our fathers of old?"
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ
Say thou: "Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)."
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!
وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!"
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
(A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"
۞ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ
"Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
"Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!
وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ
"But stop them, for they must be asked: