Selected Quranic verses

﴿ لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ﴾

for the people of the right,

﴿ ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴾

many from the earlier generations,

﴿ وَثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ﴾

and many from the later generations.

﴿ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ﴾

And the people of the left – how wretched will be...

﴿ فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ ﴾

[They will be] in scorching wind and scalding wate...

﴿ وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ ﴾

in the shade of black smoke,

﴿ لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ﴾

neither cool nor refreshing.

﴿ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ ﴾

Indeed, they used to be in luxuries before,

﴿ وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ﴾

and persisted in the gravest sin[5].

﴿ وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ﴾

They used to say, "When we die and become dust and...

﴿ أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ﴾

And our forefathers as well?”

﴿ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ﴾

Say, [O Prophet], “Indeed, the former and later ge...