الَّذي خَلَقَ المَوتَ وَالحَياةَ لِيَبلُوَكُم أَيُّكُم أَحسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ العَزيزُ الغَفورُ

He who created life and death to test which of you is best in conduct. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving.

الَّذي خَلَقَ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ طِباقًا ۖ ما تَرىٰ في خَلقِ الرَّحمـٰنِ مِن تَفاوُتٍ ۖ فَارجِعِ البَصَرَ هَل تَرىٰ مِن فُطورٍ

He who created seven heavens in layers. You will see no discrepancy in the creation of the Merciful. Look again: do you see any flaws?

ثُمَّ ارجِعِ البَصَرَ كَرَّتَينِ يَنقَلِب إِلَيكَ البَصَرُ خاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسيرٌ

Look again, and yet again, and your sight will return to you dazzled and fatigued.

وَلَقَد زَيَّنَّا السَّماءَ الدُّنيا بِمَصابيحَ وَجَعَلناها رُجومًا لِلشَّياطينِ ۖ وَأَعتَدنا لَهُم عَذابَ السَّعيرِ

We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and We made them projectiles to drive away the devils. We prepared for them the torment of the Blaze.

وَلِلَّذينَ كَفَروا بِرَبِّهِم عَذابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئسَ المَصيرُ

For those who deny their Lord, the punishment of Hell awaits—a terrible destination.

تَكادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الغَيظِ ۖ كُلَّما أُلقِيَ فيها فَوجٌ سَأَلَهُم خَزَنَتُها أَلَم يَأتِكُم نَذيرٌ

It almost bursts with rage. Every time a batch is hurled into it, its keepers will ask them, “Did no Warner come to you?”

قالوا بَلىٰ قَد جاءَنا نَذيرٌ فَكَذَّبنا وَقُلنا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ مِن شَيءٍ إِن أَنتُم إِلّا في ضَلالٍ كَبيرٍ

They will answer, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, ‘God didn’t reveal anything; you are greatly mistaken.’”

وَقالوا لَو كُنّا نَسمَعُ أَو نَعقِلُ ما كُنّا في أَصحابِ السَّعيرِ

And they will say, “If only we had listened or used reason, we wouldn’t be among the inhabitants of the Fiery Blaze.”

فَاعتَرَفوا بِذَنبِهِم فَسُحقًا لِأَصحابِ السَّعيرِ

They confessed their sin. So, away with the dwellers of the Blaze.

إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَخشَونَ رَبَّهُم بِالغَيبِ لَهُم مَغفِرَةٌ وَأَجرٌ كَبيرٌ

For those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is forgiveness and a grand reward.