Surah At-Takathur - English Translation by Mohammad Habib Shakir
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Abundance diverts you
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 1
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
Until you come to the graves
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 2
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Nay! you shall soon know
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 3
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 4
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 5
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
You should most certainly have seen the hell
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 6
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 7
ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 8