Maa salakakum fee saqar
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen
Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."
Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away.
Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah
As if they were alarmed donkeys.