أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until ye come to the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
For ye will behold hell-fire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.