In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Chapter 102, 8 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Until ye come to the graves.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
For ye will behold hell - fire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.