Verses 27–48

وَنَعْمَةٍۢ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ﴿٢٧﴾

44:27and the affluence wherein they rejoiced!

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ﴿٢٨﴾

44:28So it was; and We bequeathed them to another people.¹

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ﴿٢٩﴾

44:29So neither the sky wept for them, nor the earth; nor were they granted any respite.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ﴿٣٠﴾

44:30Certainly We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ﴿٣١﴾

44:31of Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a tyrant among the transgressors.

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٣٢﴾

44:32Certainly We chose them knowingly above all the nations,²

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌۭا۟ مُّبِينٌ﴿٣٣﴾

44:33and We gave them some signs in which there was a manifest test.

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ﴿٣٤﴾

44:34These ones say,

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ﴿٣٥﴾

44:35‘It will be only our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٣٦﴾

44:36Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ﴿٣٧﴾

44:37Are they better, or the people of Tubba‘, and those who were before them? We destroyed them; indeed, they were guilty.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ﴿٣٨﴾

44:38We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them for play.

مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٩﴾

44:39We did not create them except with consummate wisdom; but most of them do not know.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٤٠﴾

44:40Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst for them all,

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًۭى شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ﴿٤١﴾

44:41the day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped,

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٤٢﴾

44:42except for him on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed He is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ﴿٤٣﴾

44:43Indeed the tree of Zaqqum³

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ﴿٤٤﴾

44:44will be the food of the sinful.

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ﴿٤٥﴾

44:45Like molten copper it will boil in their bellies,

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ﴿٤٦﴾

44:46seething like boiling water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿٤٧﴾

44:47[The keepers of hell will be told,] ‘Seize him and drag him to the middle of hell,

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ﴿٤٨﴾

44:48then pour over his head boiling water as punishment,