He will invoke (his) destruction,

And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning.

Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;

And by the moon when it is at the full,

You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

What is the matter with them, that they believe not?

And when the Quran is recited to them, they fall not prostrate,

Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Quran and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).

And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

So announce to them a painful torment.

Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).

By the heaven, holding the big stars.

And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection);

And by the witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafat (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];

Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King).

Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel,