Chapter 102, 8 verses
Abundance diverts you,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
Until you come to the graves.
حتى زرتم المقابر
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
Nay! you shall soon know,
كلا سوف تعلمون
Nay! You shall come to know!
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
Again nay! You shall come to know!
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have been occupied yourselves in worldly things).
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
لترون الجحيم
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم
Then on that Day you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!