قالوا لَم نَكُ مِنَ المُصَلّينَ

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

وَلَم نَكُ نُطعِمُ المِسكينَ

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

وَكُنّا نَخوضُ مَعَ الخائِضينَ

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

وَكُنّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَومِ الدّينِ

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

حَتّىٰ أَتانَا اليَقينُ

Until there came to us the certainty."

فَما لَهُم عَنِ التَّذكِرَةِ مُعرِضينَ

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

كَأَنَّهُم حُمُرٌ مُستَنفِرَةٌ

As if they were alarmed donkeys

فَرَّت مِن قَسوَرَةٍ

Fleeing from a lion?

بَل يُريدُ كُلُّ امرِئٍ مِنهُم أَن يُؤتىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

كَلّا ۖ بَل لا يَخافونَ الآخِرَةَ

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.