أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Alhakumu attakathur
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
“The Rivalry in Worldly Increase”
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أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Alhakumu attakathur
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Hatta zurtumu almaqabir
Until you visit the graveyards.1
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoon
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoon
Then, no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeen
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...1
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Latarawunna aljaheem
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeen
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.1
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Thumma latus-alunna yawma-ithin AAaniannaAAeem
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.1