Chapter 102, 8 verses
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Abundance diverts you,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
Until you come to the graves.
Until ye come to the graves.
Until you visit the graveyards.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay! you shall soon know,
Nay, but ye will come to know!
No! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Then no! You are going to know.
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Latarawunna aljaheema
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
For ye will behold hell - fire.
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.