Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Abundance diverts you,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Abundance diverts you,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
Until you come to the graves.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay! you shall soon know,
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ