34. As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

35. "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

36. "Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"

37. What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.

38. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:

39. We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.

40. Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-

41. The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

42. Except such as receive Allah.s Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

43. Verily the tree of Zaqqum

44. Will be the food of the Sinful,-

45. Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

46. Like the boiling of scalding water.

47. (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!

48. "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,

49. "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

50. "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

51. As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,

52. Among Gardens and Springs;

53. Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;

54. So; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.

55. There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;

56. Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-

57. As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!

58. Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.

59. So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.

Translation by Abdullah Yusufali