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].

أَفَما نَحنُ بِمَيِّتينَ

Then, are we not to die

إِلّا مَوتَتَنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

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

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.

إِنَّها شَجَرَةٌ تَخرُجُ في أَصلِ الجَحيمِ

Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,

طَلعُها كَأَنَّهُ رُءوسُ الشَّياطينِ

Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.