At-Takatur (The piling Up)

سورة التكاثر

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1 أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

2 حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ

Until you visit the graveyards.

3 كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

No! You are going to know.

4 ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Then no! You are going to know.

5 كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty…

6 لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ

You will surely see the Hellfire.

7 ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

8 ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.