Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألهاكم التكاثر
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
حتى زرتم المقابر
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay! You shall come to know!
كلا سوف تعلمون
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Again nay! You shall come to know!
ثم كلا سوف تعلمون
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have been occupied yourselves in worldly things).
كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
لترون الجحيم
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
ثم لترونها عين اليقين
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Then on that Day you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!
ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ