ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلينَ

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الآخِرينَ

And a company of the later peoples.

وَأَصحابُ الشِّمالِ ما أَصحابُ الشِّمالِ

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

في سَمومٍ وَحَميمٍ

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَظِلٍّ مِن يَحمومٍ

And a shade of black smoke,

إِنَّهُم كانوا قَبلَ ذٰلِكَ مُترَفينَ

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

وَكانوا يُصِرّونَ عَلَى الحِنثِ العَظيمِ

And they used to persist in the great violation,

وَكانوا يَقولونَ أَئِذا مِتنا وَكُنّا تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَإِنّا لَمَبعوثونَ

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

أَوَآباؤُنَا الأَوَّلونَ

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُل إِنَّ الأَوَّلينَ وَالآخِرينَ

Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples