In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
Until you visit the graveyards.
حتى زرتم المقابر
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Nay! You shall come to know!
No! You are going to know.
كلا سوف تعلمون
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Again nay! You shall come to know!
Then no! You are going to know.
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have been occupied yourselves in worldly things).
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
You will surely see the Hellfire.
لترون الجحيم
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then on that Day you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ