ٱلْوَاقِعَة : ٩

  • وَأَصۡحَٰبُ And (the) companions
  • ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ (of) the left
  • مَآ what
  • أَصۡحَٰبُ (are the) companions
  • ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ (of) the left
And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?1
Footnotes
1 i.e., those given their records in their left hand and who are destined for Hell.
And those of the left [hand] (al-mash'ama means al-shimaal, 'left'), each of whom is given his record [of deeds] in their left hands - what of those of the left [hand]? - an expression of contempt for their status on account of their admittance into the Hellfire.