At-Takaathur Competition

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١

   Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

2. 2

   حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ٢

   Until you visit the graveyards.

3. 3

   كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٣

   No! You are going to know.

4. 4

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤

   Then no! You are going to know.

5. 5

   كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥

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

6. 6

   لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ٦

   You will surely see the Hellfire.

7. 7

   ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٧

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

8. 8

   ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨

   Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.