ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ﴿21﴾

Then he considered [again];

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ﴿22﴾

Then he frowned and scowled;

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ﴿23﴾

Then he turned back and was arrogant

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ ﴿24﴾

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ﴿25﴾

This is not but the word of a human being."

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ﴿26﴾

I will drive him into Saqar.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ﴿27﴾

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ﴿28﴾

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿29﴾

Blackening the skins.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ﴿30﴾

Over it are nineteen [angels].

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ ﴿31﴾

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ﴿32﴾

No! By the moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ﴿33﴾

And [by] the night when it departs

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ﴿34﴾

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ﴿35﴾

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿36﴾

As a warning to humanity -

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ﴿37﴾

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ﴿38﴾

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿39﴾

Except the companions of the right,

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿40﴾

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other