Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Until you visit the graveyards.
حتى زرتم المقابر
Until ye come to the graves.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
No! You are going to know.
كلا سوف تعلمون
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Then no! You are going to know.
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
You will surely see the Hellfire.
لترون الجحيم
For ye will behold hell - fire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi