التكاثر

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

alhākumu l-takāthuru

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

ḥattā zur'tumu l-maqābira

Until you visit the graveyards.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

Then, no! You are going to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

kallā law taʿlamūna ʿil'ma l-yaqīni

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

latarawunna l-jaḥīma

You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni

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

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

thumma latus'alunna yawma-idhin ʿani l-naʿīmi

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.