Man, Companions of Left Hand

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

And a shade of black smoke,

Neither cool nor beneficial.

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

And they used to persist in the great violation,¹

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

And our forefathers [as well]?"

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

And filling with it your bellies

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.