وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
31. And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
32. And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
33. But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ
4. Cursed were the companions of the trench
النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ
5. [Containing] the fire full of fuel,
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
6. When they were sitting near it
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
7. And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ
8. And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
9. To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ
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