Chapter 102, 8 verses
Abundance diverts you,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
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.
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
Nay! you shall soon know,
No! You are going to know.
Nay! You shall come to know!
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Then no! You are going to know.
Again nay! You shall come to know!
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
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;
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Then on that Day you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!