Al Takashur
Chapter 102, 8 verses
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Pickthall
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Shakir
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Yusuf Ali
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Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Shakir
Abundance diverts you,
Yusuf Ali
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
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أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Pickthall
Until ye come to the graves.
Shakir
Until you come to the graves.
Yusuf Ali
Until ye visit the graves.
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حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Pickthall
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Shakir
Nay! you shall soon know,
Yusuf Ali
But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).
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كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Pickthall
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Shakir
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Yusuf Ali
Again, ye soon shall know!
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Pickthall
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Shakir
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Yusuf Ali
Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Pickthall
For ye will behold hell - fire.
Shakir
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
Yusuf Ali
Ye shall certainly see Hell - Fire!
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لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Pickthall
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Shakir
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Yusuf Ali
Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Pickthall
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Shakir
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Yusuf Ali
Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!).
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ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ