Verses 30–56

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ﴿٣٠﴾

37:30We had no authority over you. No, you [yourselves] were a rebellious lot.

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ﴿٣١﴾

37:31So our Lord’s word became due against us that we shall indeed taste [the punishment].

فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ﴿٣٢﴾

37:32So we perverted you, for we were perverse [ourselves].’

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ﴿٣٣﴾

37:33So, that day they will share the punishment.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ﴿٣٤﴾

37:34Indeed, that is how We deal with the guilty.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ﴿٣٥﴾

37:35Indeed, it was they who, when they were told, ‘There is no god except Allah,’ used to be disdainful,

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ﴿٣٦﴾

37:36and [they would] say, ‘Shall we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?’¹

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿٣٧﴾

37:37Indeed, he has brought [them] the truth, and confirmed the [earlier] apostles.

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ﴿٣٨﴾

37:38Indeed you will taste the painful punishment,

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٣٩﴾

37:39and you will be requited only for what you used to do

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿٤٠﴾

37:40—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ﴿٤١﴾

37:41For such there is a known provision

فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ﴿٤٢﴾

37:42—fruits—and they will be held in honour,

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿٤٣﴾

37:43in the gardens of bliss,

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ﴿٤٤﴾

37:44[reclining] on couches, facing one another,

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ﴿٤٥﴾

37:45served around with a cup, from a clear fountain,

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ﴿٤٦﴾

37:46snow-white, delicious to the drinkers,

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ﴿٤٧﴾

37:47wherein there will be neither headache nor will it cause them stupefaction,^*

وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ﴿٤٨﴾

37:48and with them will be maidens, of restrained glances with big [beautiful] eyes,

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ﴿٤٩﴾

37:49as if they were hidden ostrich eggs.

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ﴿٥٠﴾

37:50Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other.

قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌۭ﴿٥١﴾

37:51One of them will say, ‘Indeed I had a companion

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ﴿٥٢﴾

37:52who used to say, ‘‘Are you really among those who affirm

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ﴿٥٣﴾

37:53that when we have died and become dust and bones, we shall be brought to retribution?’’ ’²

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ﴿٥٤﴾

37:54He will say, ‘Will you have a look?’

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿٥٥﴾

37:55Then he will take a look and sight him in the middle of hell.

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ﴿٥٦﴾

37:56He will say, ‘By Allah, you had almost ruined me!