بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
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Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
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حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
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Until you visit the graveyards.
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كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
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No! You are going to know.
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
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Then no! You are going to know.
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
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No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
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لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
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You will surely see the Hellfire.
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
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Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
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ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.