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