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

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم أَيُّهَا الضّالّونَ المُكَذِّبونَ

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

لَآكِلونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِن زَقّومٍ

Will be eating from trees of zaqqum

فَمالِئونَ مِنهَا البُطونَ

And filling with it your bellies

فَشارِبونَ عَلَيهِ مِنَ الحَميمِ

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

فَشارِبونَ شُربَ الهيمِ

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.