الـتكاثر

1 Alhakumu alttakathuru

1 Abundance diverts you,

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

2 Hatta zurtumu almaqabira

2 Until you come to the graves.

2 Until ye come to the graves.

3 Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

3 Nay! you shall soon know,

3 Nay, but ye will come to know!

4 Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

4 Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.

4 Nay, but ye will come to know!

5 Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni

5 Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,

5 Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!

6 Latarawunna aljaheema

6 You should most certainly have seen the hell;

6 For ye will behold hell - fire.

7 Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni

7 Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;

7 Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.

8 Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi

8 Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.

8 Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.