74. Mudethir · verses 15–27

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-

كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا

Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Innahu fakkara waqaddara

For he thought and he plotted;-

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Faqutila kayfa qaddara

And woe to him! How he plotted!-

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Thumma nathara

Then he looked round;

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Then he frowned and he scowled;

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

Thumma adbara waistakbara

Then he turned back and was haughty;

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ

Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

In hatha illa qawlu albashari

"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Saosleehi saqara

Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Wama adraka ma saqaru

And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?