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At-Takaathur

سورة التكاثر

Competition8 Verse Mekkanisch

Translated by A. J. Arberry

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ

Gross rivalry diverts you,

2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ

even till you visit the tombs.

3

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

No indeed; but soon you shall know.

4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Again, no indeed; but soon you shall know.

5

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

No indeed; did you know with the knowledge of certainty,

6

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ

you shall surely see Hell;

7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ

Again, you shall surely see it with the eye of certainty

8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ

then you shall be questioned that day concerning true bliss.