الـتكاثر

1 Alhakumu alttakathuru

1 Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

1 Abundance diverts you,

2 Hatta zurtumu almaqabira

2 Until you visit the graveyards.

2 Until you come to the graves.

3 Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

3 No! You are going to know.

3 Nay! you shall soon know,

4 Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

4 Then no! You are going to know.

4 Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.

5 Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni

5 No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

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

6 Latarawunna aljaheema

6 You will surely see the Hellfire.

6 You should most certainly have seen the hell;

7 Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni

7 Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

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

8 Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi

8 Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

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