Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Abundance diverts you,
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until ye come to the graves.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
Until you come to the graves.
No! You are going to know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay! you shall soon know,
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
You will surely see the Hellfire.
For ye will behold hell - fire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.