وَيلٌ لِأَهلِ النارِ في النارِ
ماذا يُقاسونَ مِنَ النارِ
Woe to the people of the Fire, there in the Fire—
Woe to the people of the Fire within the Fire!
what torments they endure from the Fire!
What they endure from the Fire!
تَنقَدُّ مِن غَيظٍ فَتَغلي بِهِم
كَمِرجَلٍ يَغلي عَلى النارِ
It nearly bursts apart with rage, then boils with them
It bursts apart with rage and boils with them,
like a cauldron boiling over a flame.
like a cauldron boiling over a fire.
فَيَستَغيثونَ لِكَي يُعتَبوا
أَلا لَعاً مِن عَثرَةِ النارِ
They cry out for help, hoping to be allowed to make amends—
So they cry for help, seeking to be restored to favor:
but alas, ruin for the stumble that leads to the Fire!
Ah, for recovery from a fall into the Fire!
وَكُلُّهُم مُعتَرِفٌ نادِمٌ
لَو تُقبَلُ التَوبَةُ في النارِ
Every one of them confesses, full of remorse—
And every one of them confesses, full of regret—
if only repentance were accepted in the Fire.
if only repentance were accepted in the Fire!
يَهوي بِها الأَشقى عَلى رَأسِهِ
فَالوَيلُ لِلأَشقى مِنَ النارِ
The most wretched plunges into it headfirst;
The most wretched plunges into it headfirst;
woe, then, to the most wretched in the Fire!
so woe to the most wretched from the Fire!
فَتارَةً يَطفو عَلى جَمرِها
وَتارَةً يَرسُبُ في النارِ
Now he floats upon its embers,
At times he floats upon its embers,
and now he sinks into the Fire.
and at times he sinks into the Fire.
وَكُلَّما رامَ فِراراً بِها
فَرَّ مِنَ النارِ إِلى النارِ
Whenever he seeks to flee through it,
And whenever he seeks escape within it,
he flees from fire only into fire.
he flees from the Fire into the Fire.
يَطوفُ مِن أَفعى إِلى أَرقَمٍ
وَسُمُّها أَقوى مِنَ النارِ
He passes from one viper to another speckled serpent,
He wanders from a viper to a speckled serpent,
whose venom is fiercer than the Fire.
and its venom is more potent than the Fire.
وَكَم بِها مِن أَرقَمٍ لا يَني
يَلسَعُ مَن يُسحَبُ في النارِ
How many speckled serpents are there, never ceasing
And many a speckled serpent within it never ceases
to sting whoever is dragged through the Fire!
to sting whoever is dragged through the Fire.
لا راحَةٌ فيها وَلا فَترَةٌ
هَيهاتَ لا راحَةَ في النارِ
There is no rest in it, no respite—
There is no rest there, nor any respite;
far from it! There is no rest in the Fire.
far from it! There is no rest in the Fire.
أَنفاسُها مُطبَقَةٌ فَوقَهُم
وَهَكَذا الأَنفاسُ في النارِ
Its choking breaths close down over them;
Its breaths enclose them from above,
such is every breath within the Fire.
and such are the breaths in the Fire.
سُبحانَ مَن يُمسِكُ أَرواحَهُم
في الدَرَكِ الأَسفَلِ في النارِ
Glory be to Him who keeps their souls within them
Glory be to Him who holds their souls
in the lowest depth of the Fire.
in the lowest depth within the Fire.
وَلَو جِبالُ الأَرضِ تَهوي بِها
ذابَت كَذَوبِ القِطرِ في النارِ
Were the mountains of the earth cast into it,
And were the earth's mountains to plunge into it,
they would melt like molten copper in the Fire.
they would melt as copper melts in fire.
طوبى لِمَن فازَ بِدارِ التُقى
وَلَم يَكُن مِن حَصَبِ النارِ
Blessed is one who gains the abode of the God-fearing
Bliss to whoever gains the abode of piety
and does not become fuel for the Fire.
and is not fuel for the Fire.
وَوَيلُ مَن عُمِّرَ دَهراً وَلَم
يُرحَم وَلَم يُعتَق مِنَ النارِ
And woe to one granted a lifetime of years, yet
And woe to one granted a long life, yet not
shown no mercy and never freed from the Fire.
shown mercy, nor set free from the Fire!
يا أَيُّها الناسُ خُذوا حِذرَكُم
وَحَصِّنوا الجَنَّةَ لِلنارِ
O people, be on your guard,
O people, take your precautions,
and make Paradise your fortress against the Fire.
and fortify the shield against the Fire.
فَإِنَّها مِن شَرِّ أَعدائِكُم
ما في العِدا أَعدى مِنَ النارِ
For it is among the worst of your enemies;
For it is among the worst of your enemies;
among all foes, none is more hostile than the Fire.
no enemy is more hostile than the Fire.
وَأَكثِروا مِن ذِكرِ مَولاكُمُ
فَذِكرُهُ يُنجي مِنَ النارِ
Remember your Lord abundantly,
And remember your Master often,
for remembrance of Him delivers from the Fire.
for remembering Him saves from the Fire.
واعَجَباً مِن مَرِحٍ لاعِبٍ
يَلهو وَلا يَحفِلُ بِالنارِ
How astonishing is the gleeful trifler
Oh, how strange is a merry, playful man,
who plays heedlessly and cares nothing for the Fire!
who amuses himself and pays no heed to the Fire!
يوقِنُ بِالنارِ وَلا يَرعَوي
كَأَنَّهُ يَرتابُ في النارِ
He is certain of the Fire, yet does not desist,
He is certain of the Fire, yet takes no heed,
as though he doubted the Fire,
as though he doubts the Fire.
وَهوَ بِها في خَطَرٍ بَيِّنٍ
لَو كاسَ ما خاطَرَ بِالنارِ
though he plainly stands in danger of it.
And he is in clear danger from it;
Were he prudent, he would never risk the Fire.
if he were wise, he would not risk the Fire.
إِنَّ الأَلِبّاءَ هُمُ قِلَّةٌ
فَرّوا إِلى اللَهِ مِنَ النارِ
Those truly endowed with understanding are few:
Indeed, the wise are few;
they flee to God from the Fire.
they have fled to God from the Fire.
وَطَلَّقوا الدُنيا بَتاتاً وَلَم
يَلوُوا عَلَيها حَذَرَ النارِ
They divorce this world irrevocably and never
And they divorced the world irrevocably, and did not
look back upon it, for fear of the Fire.
turn back to it, for fear of the Fire.
وَأَبصَروا مِن عَيبِها أَنَّها
فَتّانَةٌ تَدعو إِلى النارِ
They perceive among its faults that it is
And they saw among its faults that it
a temptress calling people to the Fire.
is a temptress calling to the Fire.
فَطابَتِ الأَنفُسُ مِنهُم بِأَن
أَمَّنَهُم مِن فَزَعِ النارِ
Their souls are content because
So their souls were content that
He has secured them from the terror of the Fire.
He made them safe from the terror of the Fire.
وَاللَهِ لَو أَعقِلُ لَم تَكتَحِل
بِالنَومِ عَيني خيفَةَ النارِ
By God, if I truly understood, my eye would never be lined
By God, if I had sense, I would never anoint
with sleep, for fear of the Fire.
my eye with sleep, for fear of the Fire.
وَلا رَقا دَمعي وَلا عِلمَ لي
أَنِّيَ في أَمنٍ مِنَ النارِ
My tears would never cease—and I do not know
Nor would my tears cease; nor do I know
that I am safe from the Fire.
that I am safe from the Fire.
وَلَم أَرِد ماءً وَلا ساغَ لي
إِذا ذَكَرتُ المُهلَ في النارِ
I would neither approach water nor find it easy to swallow
Nor would I approach water, nor would it go down easily for me,
whenever I remembered the molten liquid in the Fire.
when I remembered the molten metal in the Fire.
وَلَم أَجِد لَذَّةَ طَعمٍ إِذا
فَكَّرتُ في الزَقّومِ في النارِ
I would find no savor in any food whenever
Nor would I find pleasure in any flavor when
I thought of the zaqqum tree in the Fire.
I thought of the Zaqqum in the Fire.
أَيُّ التِذاذٍ بِنَعيمٍ إِذا
أَدّى إِلى الشَقوَةِ في النارِ
What enjoyment can there be in luxury if
What pleasure is there in bliss if
it leads to misery in the Fire?
it leads to misery in the Fire?
أَم أَيُّ خَيرٍ في سُرورٍ إِذا
أَعقَبَ طولَ الحُزنِ في النارِ
And what good can there be in joy if
Or what good is there in joy if
it is followed by lasting grief in the Fire?
it brings prolonged sorrow in the Fire?
فَفَكِّروا في هَولِها وَاِحذَروا
ما حَذَّرَ اللَهُ مِنَ النارِ
Reflect, then, upon its horror, and beware
So ponder its terror, and beware
that Fire against which God has warned.
what God has warned of concerning the Fire.
فَإِنَّها راصِدَةٌ أَهلَها
تَدُعُّهُم دَعّاً إِلى النارِ
For it lies in wait for those destined for it,
For it lies in wait for its people,
shoving them violently into the Fire.
thrusting them violently into the Fire.
فَلَيسَ مِثلي طالِباً حَبَّةً
إِلّا المُعافاةَ مِنَ النارِ
One such as I seeks no cherished thing
For one like me seeks not so much as a grain,
except deliverance from the Fire.
save deliverance from the Fire.
وَطالَما استَرحَمتُهُ ضارِعاً
يا رَبُّ حَرِّمني عَلى النارِ
How often I have implored His mercy in humble prayer:
And often have I begged Him for mercy, humbly pleading:
“O Lord, make me forbidden to the Fire!
O Lord, forbid the Fire to touch me!
فَأَنتَ مَولايَ وَلا رَبَّ لي
غَيرُكَ أَعتِقني مِنَ النارِ
You are my Master; I have no lord
For You are my Master, and I have no Lord
but You. Set me free from the Fire.”
but You; set me free from the Fire.
وَلَم تَزَل تَسمَعُني قائِلاً
أَعوذُ بِاللَهِ مِنَ النارِ
And You have always heard me saying:
And You have never ceased to hear me say:
“I seek refuge in God from the Fire.”
I seek refuge in God from the Fire.
Sol 6.1