Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Abundance diverts you,
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Abundance diverts you,
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until ye come to the graves.
Until you come to the graves.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Nay! you shall soon know,
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Latarawunna aljaheema
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
For ye will behold hell - fire.
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.