Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until ye come to the graves.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Latarawunna aljaheema
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
For ye will behold hell - fire.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.