Al Takashur

Shakir

1 Abundance diverts you,

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

Saheeh International

1 Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

Shakir

2 Until you come to the graves.

Pickthall

2 Until ye come to the graves.

Saheeh International

2 Until you visit the graveyards.

Shakir

3 Nay! you shall soon know,

Pickthall

3 Nay, but ye will come to know!

Saheeh International

3 No! You are going to know.

Shakir

4 Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.

Pickthall

4 Nay, but ye will come to know!

Saheeh International

4 Then no! You are going to know.

Shakir

5 Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,

Pickthall

5 Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!

Saheeh International

5 No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

Shakir

6 You should most certainly have seen the hell;

Pickthall

6 For ye will behold hell - fire.

Saheeh International

6 You will surely see the Hellfire.

Shakir

7 Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;

Pickthall

7 Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.

Saheeh International

7 Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

Shakir

8 Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.

Pickthall

8 Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.

Saheeh International

8 Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.