الـتكاثر

1 Alhakumu alttakathuru

1 Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,

2 Hatta zurtumu almaqabira

2 Until you visit the graveyards.

2 Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).

3 Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

3 No! You are going to know.

3 Nay! You shall come to know!

4 Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

4 Then no! You are going to know.

4 Again nay! You shall come to know!

5 Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni

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

5 Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have been occupied yourselves in worldly things).

6 Latarawunna aljaheema

6 You will surely see the Hellfire.

6 Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!

7 Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni

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

7 And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!

8 Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi

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

8 Then on that Day you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!