P:  What hath brought you to this burning?

S:  What has brought you into hell?

074.043 Y:  They will say:  “We were not of those who prayed;”

P:  They will answer:  We were not of those who prayed

S:  They shall say:  We were not of those who prayed;

074.044 Y:  “Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;”

P:  Nor did we feed the wretched.

S:  And we used not to feed the poor;

074.045 Y:  “But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;”

P:  We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

S:  And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

074.046 Y:  “And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,”

P:  And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

S:  And we used to call the Day of Judgment a lie;

074.047 Y:  “Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain.”

P:  Till the Inevitable came unto us.

S:  Till death overtook us.

074.048 Y:  Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

P:  The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

S:  So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

074.049 Y:  Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

P:  Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

S:  What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition,

074.050 Y:  As if they were affrighted asses,

P:  As they were frightened asses

S:  As if they were asses taking fright

074.051 Y:  Fleeing from a lion!

P:  Fleeing from a lion?

S:  That had fled from a lion?

074.052 Y:  Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

P:  Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

S:  Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

074.053 Y:  By no means!  But they fear not the Hereafter,

P:  Nay, verily.  They fear not the Hereafter.

S:  Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

074.054 Y:  Nay, this surely is an admonition: 

P:  Nay, verily.  Lo! this is an Admonishment.

S:  Nay! it is surely an admonition.

074.055 Y:  Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

P:  So whosoever will may heed.

S:  So whoever pleases may mind it.

074.056 Y:  But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills:  He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

P:  And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it).  He is the fount of fear.  He is the fount of Mercy.

S:  And they will not mind unless Allah please.  He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.