Translation: Surah At-Takathur (Rivalry in World Increase) سُورَة التكاثر
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ ١
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you (1)
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ ٢
Until you visit the graveyards. (2)
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٣
No! You are going to know. (3)
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤
Then no! You are going to know. (4)
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ ٥
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty... (5)
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ ٦
You will surely see the Hellfire. (6)
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ ٧
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty. (7)
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ٨
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure. (8)