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1 Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

1 Abundance diverts you,

1 Alhakumu alttakathuru

2 Until you visit the graveyards.

2 Until you come to the graves.

2 Hatta zurtumu almaqabira

3 No! You are going to know.

3 Nay! you shall soon know,

3 Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

4 Then no! You are going to know.

4 Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.

4 Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona

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

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

5 Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni

6 You will surely see the Hellfire.

6 You should most certainly have seen the hell;

6 Latarawunna aljaheema

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;

7 Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni

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.

8 Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi