56:41 But as for those who have persevered in evil – what of those who have persevered in evil?
56:42 [They will find themselves] in the midst of scorching winds, and burning despair.
56:43 And the shadows of black smoke.
56:44 [Shadows] neither cooling nor soothing.
56:45 For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures.
56:46 And would persist in heinous sinning.
56:47 And would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead?
56:48 And perhaps, too, our forebears of old?”
56:49 Say “Verily, those of olden times and those of later times.
56:50 Will indeed be gathered together at an appointed time on a Day known [only to God].
