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
Alhakumu alttakathuru
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
Alhakumu alttakathuru
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
Until you visit the graveyards.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Nay! You shall come to know!
No! You are going to know.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Again nay! You shall come to know!
Then no! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
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...
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
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.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ