وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
and persisted in great sin,
وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
And our earliest forefathers too?’
قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Say [Prophet], ‘The earliest and latest generations
لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
will all be gathered on a predetermined Day
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ
and you who have gone astray and denied the truth
لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ
will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum,
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ
filling your bellies with it,
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
and drink scalding water,