Chapter 102, 8 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Abundance diverts you,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until ye come to the graves.
Until you come to the graves.
Until you visit the graveyards.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Nay! you shall soon know,
No! You are going to know.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Then no! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
For ye will behold hell - fire.
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
You will surely see the Hellfire.
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ