Abundance diverts you,
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Abundance diverts you,
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Until you come to the graves.
Until ye visit the graves.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Nay! you shall soon know,
But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Again, ye soon shall know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
Ye shall certainly see Hell - Fire!
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!).
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ