يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ
who used to ask ˹me˺, ‘Do you actually believe ˹in resurrection˺?
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be brought to judgment?’”
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
He will ˹then˺ ask, “Would you care to see ˹his fate˺?”
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Then he ˹and the others˺ will look and spot him in the midst of the Hellfire.
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ
He will ˹then˺ say, “By Allah! You nearly ruined me.
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I ˹too˺ would have certainly been among those brought ˹to Hell˺.”
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
˹Then he will ask his fellow believers,˺ “Can you imagine that we will never die,
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
except our first death, nor be punished ˹like the others˺?”