At-Takathur التكاثر

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim alhakum at-takathur

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ

hatta zurtum al-maqabir

Until you visit the graveyards.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

kalla sawfa ta'lamun

No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamun

Then no! You are going to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

kalla law ta'lamun 'ilm al-yaqin

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

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ

la-tarawunna al-jahim

You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ

thumma la-tarawnaha 'ayn al-yaqin

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

ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ

thumma la-tus'alunna yawma'idhin 'an an-na'im

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.