بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Al haaku mut takathur
Abundance diverts you,
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
Until you come to the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Nay! you shall soon know,
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Latara-wun nal jaheem
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
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