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