Chapter 102, 8 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
Abundance diverts you,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Until ye come to the graves.
حتى زرتم المقابر
Until you come to the graves.
Until you visit the graveyards.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
كلا سوف تعلمون
Nay! you shall soon know,
No! You are going to know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
For ye will behold hell - fire.
لترون الجحيم
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.