كَلّا ۖ بَل لا تُكرِمونَ اليَتيمَ

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلا تَحاضّونَ عَلىٰ طَعامِ المِسكينِ

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأكُلونَ التُّراثَ أَكلًا لَمًّا

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

وَتُحِبّونَ المالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلّا إِذا دُكَّتِ الأَرضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -

وَجِيءَ يَومَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَومَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الإِنسانُ وَأَنّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكرىٰ

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

يَقولُ يا لَيتَني قَدَّمتُ لِحَياتي

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

فَيَومَئِذٍ لا يُعَذِّبُ عَذابَهُ أَحَدٌ

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

وَلا يوثِقُ وَثاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

يا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفسُ المُطمَئِنَّةُ

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,