بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
Chapter 102, 8 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until ye visit the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Again, ye soon shall know!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Ye shall certainly see Hell - Fire!
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!).