Surah 102
سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
ˈalhākumu t-takāṯuru
Rivalry [and vainglory] distracted you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
ḥattā zurtumu l-maqābira
until you visited [even] the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
No indeed, soon you will know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
ṯumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
No indeed, soon you will know for yet another time!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilma l-yaqīni
Indeed, were you to know with certain knowledge,
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
la-tarawunna l-ǧaḥīma
you would have surely seen hell [in this very life].
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
ṯumma la-tarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni
Afterward you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
ṯumma la-tusˈalunna yawmaˈiḏin ʿani n-naʿīmi
Then, on that day, you will surely be questioned concerning the Blessing.
English translation: Ali Quli Qarai.