التكاثر
At-Takathur
The Rivalry In World Increase
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Until ye come to the graves
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but ye will come to know
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
For ye will behold hell-fire
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure
Arabic text (Uthmani, Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim): Tanzil Project, tanzil.net, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. English translation: "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930 (public domain).
Audio: Mishary Al-Afasy, courtesy of everyayah.com.