بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ1
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Al haaku mut takathur
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ1
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Al haaku mut takathur
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ2
Until you visit the graveyards.
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ3
No! You are going to know.
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ4
Then no! You are going to know.
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ5
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ6
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Latara-wun nal jaheem
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ7
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ8
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem