Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Alhakumu alttakathuru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Until you visit the graveyards.
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until ye come to the graves.
No! You are going to know.
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Then no! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Latarawunna aljaheema
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
For ye will behold hell - fire.
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.