فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
24. So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
18. [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
11. But the wretched one will avoid it -
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
24. Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ
5. Then We return him to the lowest of the low,
كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
15. No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
16. A lying, sinning forelock.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
4. Then no! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
7. Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
2. Indeed, mankind is in loss,
