Surah At-Takathur - English Translation by Muhammad Asad
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 1
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
until you go down to your graves
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 2
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Nay, in time you will come to understand
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 3
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 4
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 5
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 6
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold 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 called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life
Surah At-Takathur, Verse 8