At-Takaathur
سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ
Competition · Meccan · 8 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Arabic:
2.2
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أَلْهَىٰكُمُٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more
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حَتَّىٰزُرْتُمُٱلْمَقَابِرَ
until you go down to your graves.
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كَلَّاسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, in time you will come to understand!
4
ثُمَّكَلَّاسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!
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كَلَّالَوْتَعْلَمُونَعِلْمَٱلْيَقِينِ
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,
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لَتَرَوُنَّٱلْجَحِيمَ
you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!
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ثُمَّلَتَرَوُنَّهَاعَيْنَٱلْيَقِينِ
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:
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ثُمَّلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّيَوْمَئِذٍعَنِٱلنَّعِيمِ
and on that Day you will most surely be called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life!