The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
43. Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi
43. Verily the tree
Of Zaqqūm
44. Will be the food
Of the Sinful,—
45. Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni
45. Like molten brass;
It will boil
In their insides,
46. Like the boiling
Of scalding water.
47. Khuthoohu faiAAtiloohu ila sawa-i aljaheemi
47. (A voice will cry:
"Seize ye him
And drag him
Into the midst
Of the Blazing Fire!
48. Thumma subboo fawqa ra/sihi min AAathabi alhameemi
48. "Then pour over his head
The Penalty of Boiling Water
49. Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareemu
49. "Taste thou (this)!
Truly wast thou
Mighty, full of honour!
50. Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona
50. "Truly this is what
Ye used to doubt!"
51. Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin
51. As to the Righteous
(They will be) in
A position of Security,
52. Among Gardens and Springs;
53. Yalbasoona min sundusin wa-istabraqin mutaqabileena
53. Dressed in fine silk
And in rich brocade,
They will face each other;
54. Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
54. So; and We shall
Join them to Companions
With beautiful, big,
And lustrous eyes.
55. YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena
55. There can they call
For every kind of fruit
In peace and security;
56. La yathooqoona feeha almawta illa almawtata al-oola wawaqahum AAathaba aljaheemi
56. Nor will they there
Taste Death, except the first
Death; and He will preserve
Them from the Penalty
Of the Blazing Fire,—
57. Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
57. As a Bounty from thy Lord!
That will be
The supreme achievement!
58. Fa-innama yassarnahu bilisanika laAAallahum yatathakkaroona
58. Verily, We have made
This (Qur-ān) easy,
In thy tongue,
In order that they
May give heed.
59. Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona
59. So wait thou and watch;
For they (too) are waiting.