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,
Die Vermehrung lenkt euch ab,
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,
Die Vermehrung lenkt euch ab,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).
bis ihr die Friedhöfe besucht.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
Nay! You shall come to know!
Keineswegs! Ihr werdet (es noch) erfahren.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Again nay! You shall come to know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Ihr werdet (es noch) erfahren.
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).
Keineswegs! Wenn ihr es nur mit dem Wissen der Gewißheit wüßtet!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
Ihr werdet ganz gewiß den Höllenbrand sehen.
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
Abermals: Ihr werdet ihn mit dem Auge der Gewißheit sehen.
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)!
Hierauf werdet ihr an jenem Tag ganz gewiß nach der Wonne gefragt werden.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ