At-Takaathur

Meccan • 8 Ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

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 ٱلْيَقِينِ

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

6

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

You will surely see the Hellfire.

7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

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

8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.