وَآثَرَ الحَياةَ الدُّنيا

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ الجَحيمَ هِيَ المَأوىٰ

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمّا مَن خافَ مَقامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفسَ عَنِ الهَوىٰ

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ الجَنَّةَ هِيَ المَأوىٰ

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسأَلونَكَ عَنِ السّاعَةِ أَيّانَ مُرساها

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهاها

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّما أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخشاها

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُم يَومَ يَرَونَها لَم يَلبَثوا إِلّا عَشِيَّةً أَو ضُحاها

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.