Surah At-Takasur
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اَلْهٰىكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُۙ١
Alhākumut-takāṡur(u).
[1]
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَۗ٢
Ḥattā zurtumul-maqābir(a).
[2]
Until you visit the graveyards.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَۙ٣
Kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).
[3]
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ٤
Ṡumma kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).
[4]
Then no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِيْنِۗ٥
Kallā lau ta‘lamūna ‘ilmal-yaqīn(i).
[5]
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيْمَۙ٦
Latarawunnal-jaḥīm(a).
[6]
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِيْنِۙ٧
Ṡumma latarawunnahā ‘ainal-yaqīn(i).
[7]
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيْمِ ࣖ٨
Ṡumma latus'alunna yauma'iżin ‘anin-na‘īm(i).
[8]
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.