Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
Until you visit the graveyards.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
Until ye come to the graves.
حتى زرتم المقابر
No! You are going to know.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay, but ye will come to know!
كلا سوف تعلمون
Then no! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay, but ye will come to know!
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
For ye will behold hell - fire.
لترون الجحيم
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم