أَم يَقولونَ نَحنُ جَميعٌ مُنتَصِرٌ

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

سَيُهزَمُ الجَمعُ وَيُوَلّونَ الدُّبُرَ

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

بَلِ السّاعَةُ مَوعِدُهُم وَالسّاعَةُ أَدهىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

إِنَّ المُجرِمينَ في ضَلالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

يَومَ يُسحَبونَ فِي النّارِ عَلىٰ وُجوهِهِم ذوقوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

وَما أَمرُنا إِلّا واحِدَةٌ كَلَمحٍ بِالبَصَرِ

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

وَلَقَد أَهلَكنا أَشياعَكُم فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ

And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?

وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فَعَلوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ

And everything they did is in written records.

وَكُلُّ صَغيرٍ وَكَبيرٍ مُستَطَرٌ

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

إِنَّ المُتَّقينَ في جَنّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,