كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
But no! By the moon,
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
and the night as it retreats,
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
and the day as it breaks!
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
a warning to humankind,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind.
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul will be detained for what it has done,
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
except the people of the right,
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
who will be in Gardens, asking one another
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺:
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
“What has landed you in Hell?”