Surah At-Takathur - English Translation by Ali Quli Qarai
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Rivalry [and vainglory] distracted you
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 1
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
until you visited [even] the graves
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 2
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
No indeed, soon you will know
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 3
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
No indeed, soon you will know for yet another time
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 4
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Indeed, were you to know with certain knowledge
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 5
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
you would have surely seen hell [in this very life]
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 6
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Afterward you will surely see it with the eye of certainty
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 7
ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then, on that day, you will surely be questioned concerning the Blessing
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 8