Surah At-Takāthur (The Rivalry in world increase) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. ألهاكم التكاثر

   1

   Rivalry [and vainglory] distracted you

   ʾalhākumu t-takāthuru

2. حتى زرتم المقابر

   2

   until you visited [even] the graves.

   ḥattā zurtumu l-maqābira

3. كلا سوف تعلمون

   3

   No indeed, soon you will know!

   kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

4. ثم كلا سوف تعلمون

   4

   No indeed, soon you will know for yet another time!

   thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

5. كلا لو تعلمون علم اليقين

   5

   Indeed, were you to know with certain knowledge,

   kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilma l-yaqīni

6. لترون الجحيم

   6

   you would have surely seen hell [in this very life].

   la-tarawunna l-jaḥīma

7. ثم لترونها عين اليقين

   7

   Afterward you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

   thumma la-tarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni

8. ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم

   8

   Then, on that day, you will surely be questioned concerning the Blessing.

   thumma la-tusʾalunna yawmaʾidhin ʿani n-naʿīmi