بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Al haaku mut takathur
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then no! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Latara-wun nal jaheem
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem
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