تَلفَحُ وُجوهَهُمُ النّارُ وَهُم فيها كالِحونَ
The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.
أَلَم تَكُن آياتي تُتلىٰ عَلَيكُم فَكُنتُم بِها تُكَذِّبونَ
[It will be said]. "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"
قالوا رَبَّنا غَلَبَت عَلَينا شِقوَتُنا وَكُنّا قَومًا ضالّينَ
They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.
رَبَّنا أَخرِجنا مِنها فَإِن عُدنا فَإِنّا ظالِمونَ
Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."
قالَ اخسَئوا فيها وَلا تُكَلِّمونِ
He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.
إِنَّهُ كانَ فَريقٌ مِن عِبادي يَقولونَ رَبَّنا آمَنّا فَاغفِر لَنا وَارحَمنا وَأَنتَ خَيرُ الرّاحِمينَ
Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'
فَاتَّخَذتُموهُم سِخرِيًّا حَتّىٰ أَنسَوكُم ذِكري وَكُنتُم مِنهُم تَضحَكونَ
But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.
إِنّي جَزَيتُهُمُ اليَومَ بِما صَبَروا أَنَّهُم هُمُ الفائِزونَ
Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."
قالَ كَم لَبِثتُم فِي الأَرضِ عَدَدَ سِنينَ
[Allah] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"
قالوا لَبِثنا يَومًا أَو بَعضَ يَومٍ فَاسأَلِ العادّينَ
They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
قالَ إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا قَليلًا ۖ لَو أَنَّكُم كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ
He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.