56. Vakia · verses 44–49

لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

La baridin wala kareemin

Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ

Innahum kanoo qabla thalika mutrafeena

For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),

وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

Wakanoo yusirroona AAala alhinthi alAAatheemi

And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

Wakanoo yaqooloona aitha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman ainna lamabAAoothoona

And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

Awa abaona alawwaloona

"(We) and our fathers of old?"

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

Qul inna alawwaleena waalakhireena

Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,