At-Takathur
The Competition
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ﴿1﴾
THE AVARICE OF plenitude keeps you occupied
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ﴿2﴾
Till you reach the grave.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ﴿3﴾
But you will come to know soon; --
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ﴿4﴾
Indeed you will come to know soon.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ﴿5﴾
And yet if you knew with positive knowledge
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ﴿6﴾
You have indeed to behold Hell;
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ﴿7﴾
Then you will see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿8﴾
Then on that day you will surely be asked about the verity of pleasures.