Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Abundance diverts you,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Abundance diverts you,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until you come to the graves.
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay! you shall soon know,
Nay! You shall come to know!
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Again nay! You shall 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! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have been occupied yourselves in worldly things).
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
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;
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
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 you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ