Surah At-Takathur - English Translation by Ali Unal
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competing in increase of worldly goods (seeking and then boasting of the acquisition of things, wealth, pedigree, and posterity) distracts you (from the proper purpose of life)
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 1
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
Until you come to the graves
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 2
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
No indeed! You will surely come to understand (when death comes to you)
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 3
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Again, no indeed! You will surely come to understand it (when you are raised from the dead)
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 4
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
No indeed! If only you knew with certainty of knowledge (then you would not disorder priorities)
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 5
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
You will most surely see the Blazing Flame
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 6
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Then (when you go to the other world), you will most surely see it with the eye of certainty
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 7
ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
And on that Day you will most surely be questioned as to all the favors (bestowed on you)
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 8