chapter At-Takaathur

التکاثر

At-Takaathur 

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِیمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

أَلْهَیٰکُمُ التَّکَاثُرُ(1)

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you(1)

حَتَّیٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ(2)

Until you visit the graveyards(2)

کَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ(3)

No! You are going to know(3)

ثُمَّ کَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ(4)

Then no! You are going to know(4)

کَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْیَقِینِ(5)

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty(5)

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِیمَ(6)

You will surely see the Hellfire(6)

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَیْنَ الْیَقِینِ(7)

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty(7)

ثُمَّ لَتُسَْٔلُنَّ یَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِیمِ(8)

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure(8