كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
Yes––by the moon!
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
By the departing night!
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
By the shining dawn!
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
It is one of the mightiest things,
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
a warning to all mortals,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
to those of you who choose to go ahead and those who lag behind.
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds,
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
but the Companions of the Right will stay
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
in Gardens and ask
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
about the guilty.
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
‘What drove you to the Scorching Fire?’ [they will ask]