بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Abundance diverts you,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Chapter 102, 8 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Abundance diverts you,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until you come to the graves.
حتى زرتم المقابر
Until you visit the graveyards.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! you shall soon know,
كلا سوف تعلمون
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
Then no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
لترون الجحيم
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.