Surah At-Takasur — Rivalry in Worldly Increase

اَلْهٰىكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُۙ

Alhākumut-takāṡur(u).

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَۗ

Ḥattā zurtumul-maqābir(a).

Until you visit the graveyards.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَۙ

Kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).

No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ

Ṡumma kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).

Then, no! You are going to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِيْنِۗ

Kallā lau ta‘lamūna ‘ilmal-yaqīn(i).

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

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيْمَۙ

Latarawunnal-jaḥīm(a).

You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِيْنِۙ

Ṡumma latarawunnahā ‘ainal-yaqīn(i).

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

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيْمِ ࣖ

Ṡumma latus'alunna yauma'iżin ‘anin-na‘īm(i).

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.