إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Innal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaa laa tufattahu lahum ahwaabus samaaa'i wa laa yadkhuloonal jannata hattaa yalijal jamalu fee sammil khiyaat; wa kazaalika najzil mujrimeen
Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mendustakan ayat-ayat Kami dan menyombongkan diri terhadapnya, sekali-kali tidak akan dibukakan bagi mereka pintu-pintu langit dan tidak (pula) mereka masuk surga, hingga unta masuk ke lubang jarum. Demikianlah Kami memberi pembalasan kepada orang-orang yang berbuat kejahatan.
Indeed, those who denied our signs and scorned them — the gates of heaven will not be opened to them, nor will they enter the garden until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. That is how we repay the evildoers.
The line names two closures, one above and one ahead. Early exegetes gave two answers to the question of what it is that finds the gates of heaven shut: their deeds, which elsewhere are described as rising, or their souls at death, and the wording carries either. Entry to the garden is then made to wait on a condition that cannot be met, which is this passage's way of saying never without using the word.