Surah As-Saaffaat

هَٰذَايَوْمُٱلْفَصْلِٱلَّذِىكُنتُمبِهِۦتُكَذِّبُونَ

[And they will be told:] “This is the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false - the Day] which you were wont to call a lie!”

ٱحْشُرُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْوَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْبُدُونَ

[And God will thus command:] “Assemble all those who were bent on evildoing, together with others of their ilk and [with] all that they were wont to worship

مِندُونِٱللَّهِفَٱهْدُوهُمْإِلَىٰصِرَٰطِٱلْجَحِيمِ

instead of God, and lead them all onto the way to the blazing fire,

وَقِفُوهُمْإِنَّهُممَّسْـُٔولُونَ

and halt them [there]!” [And then,] behold, they shall be asked,

مَالَكُمْلَاتَنَاصَرُونَ

“How is it that [now] you cannot succour one another?”

بَلْهُمُٱلْيَوْمَمُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

Nay, but on that Day they would willingly surrender [to God];

وَأَقْبَلَبَعْضُهُمْعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢيَتَسَآءَلُونَ

but [since it will be too late,] they will turn upon one another, demanding of each other [to relieve them of the burden of their past sins].

قَالُوٓا۟إِنَّكُمْكُنتُمْتَأْتُونَنَاعَنِٱلْيَمِينِ

Some [of them] will say: “Behold, you were wont to approach us [deceptively] from the right!”

قَالُوا۟بَللَّمْتَكُونُوا۟مُؤْمِنِينَ

[To which] the others will reply: “Nay, you yourselves were bereft of all faith!

وَمَاكَانَلَنَاعَلَيْكُممِّنسُلْطَٰنٍۭبَلْكُنتُمْقَوْمًۭاطَٰغِينَ

Moreover, we had no power at all over you: nay, you were people filled with overweening arrogance!

فَحَقَّعَلَيْنَاقَوْلُرَبِّنَآإِنَّالَذَآئِقُونَ

But now our Sustainer’s word has come true against us [as well]: verily, we are bound to taste [the fruit of our sins].

فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْإِنَّاكُنَّاغَٰوِينَ

So then, [if it be true that] we have caused you to err grievously - behold, we ourselves had been lost in grievous error!”

فَإِنَّهُمْيَوْمَئِذٍۢفِىٱلْعَذَابِمُشْتَرِكُونَ

And, verily, on that Day they all will share in their common suffering.

إِنَّاكَذَٰلِكَنَفْعَلُبِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Verily, thus shall We deal with all who were lost in sin:

إِنَّهُمْكَانُوٓا۟إِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاٱللَّهُيَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

for, behold, whenever they were told, “There is no deity save God,” they would glory in their arrogance

وَيَقُولُونَأَئِنَّالَتَارِكُوٓا۟ءَالِهَتِنَالِشَاعِرٍۢمَّجْنُونٍۭ

and would say, “Shall we, then, give up our deities at the bidding of a mad poet?”

بَلْجَآءَبِٱلْحَقِّوَصَدَّقَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Nay, but he [whom you call a mad poet] has brought the truth; and he confirms the truth of [what the earlier of God’s] message-bearers [have taught].

إِنَّكُمْلَذَآئِقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابِٱلْأَلِيمِ

Behold, you will indeed taste grievous suffering [in the life to come],

وَمَاتُجْزَوْنَإِلَّامَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

although you shall not be requited for aught but what you were wont to do.

إِلَّاعِبَادَٱللَّهِٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Not so, however, God’s true servants: