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