يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَWho would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believeأَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَThat when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَHe will say, "Would you [care to] look?"فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِAnd he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِHe will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَIf not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَThen, are we not to dieإِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَExcept for our first death, and we will not be punished?"إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُIndeed, this is the great attainment.لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَFor the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِIs that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَIndeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِIndeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِIts emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَAnd indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍThen indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِThen indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَIndeed they found their fathers astray.فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَSo they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَAnd there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَAnd We had already sent among them warners.فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَThen look how was the end of those who were warned -إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَBut not the chosen servants of Allāh.وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَAnd Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِAnd We saved him and his family from the great affliction.