أَإِذا مِتنا وَكُنّا تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَإِنّا لَمَدينونَ

That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"

قالَ هَل أَنتُم مُطَّلِعونَ

He will say, "Would you [care to] look?"

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ في سَواءِ الجَحيمِ

And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.

قالَ تَاللَّهِ إِن كِدتَ لَتُردينِ

He will say, "By Allah, you almost ruined me.

وَلَولا نِعمَةُ رَبّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ المُحضَرينَ

If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

إِلّا مَوتَتَنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

إِنَّ هـٰذا لَهُوَ الفَوزُ العَظيمُ

Indeed, this is the great attainment.

لِمِثلِ هـٰذا فَليَعمَلِ العامِلونَ

For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.

أَذٰلِكَ خَيرٌ نُزُلًا أَم شَجَرَةُ الزَّقّومِ

Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum?

إِنّا جَعَلناها فِتنَةً لِلظّالِمينَ

Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.