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