Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Abundance diverts you,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Abundance diverts you,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until you come to the graves.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay! you shall soon know,
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
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;
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
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.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ