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