Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Abundance diverts you,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Chapter 102, 8 verses
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Abundance diverts you,
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you visit the graveyards.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until you come to the graves.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
No! You are going to know.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! you shall soon know,
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
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.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ