عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

'əниль-муджримиин

the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

мəə сəлəкəкум фии сəќōр

‘What drew you into Hell?’

قَالُواْ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

ќōōлюю лəм нəку минəль-мусōллиин

They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed.

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

вəлəм нəку нут'имуль-мискиин

Nor did we feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

вəкуннəə нəхууду мə'əль-хōō`идыын

We used to indulge in [profane] gossip along with the gossipers,

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

вəкуннəə нукəз̃з̃ибу бийəумид-диин

and we used to deny the Day of Retribution

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

həттəə əтəəнəəль-йəќиин

until death came to us.’

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

фəмəə тəŋŋфə'уhум шəфəə'əтуш-шəəфи'иин

So the intercession of the intercessors will not avail them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

фəмəə лəhум 'əнит-тəз̃кирōти му'ридыын

What is the matter with them that they evade the Reminder

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

кə`əннəhум hумурумм-мустəŋŋфирōh

as if they were terrified asses