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
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until you come to the graves.
Until ye come to the graves.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay! you shall soon know,
Nay, but ye will come to know!
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Nay, but ye will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
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!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
For ye will behold hell - fire.
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
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.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
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.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ