At-Takathur

أَلۡهَىٰكُمُalhākumuDiverts youٱلتَّكَاثُرُl-takāthuruthe competition to increase

alhākumu l-takāthuru

Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,

حَتَّىٰḥattāUntilزُرۡتُمُzur'tumuyou visitٱلۡمَقَابِرَl-maqābirathe graves

ḥattā zur'tumu l-maqābira

until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.

كـَلَّاkallāNayسَوۡفَsawfaSoonتَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know

kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

But no! You will soon come to know.

ثُمَّthummaThenكـَلَّاkallānayسَوۡفَsawfaSoonتَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know

thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

Again, no! You will soon come to know.

كـَلَّاkallāNayلَوۡlawIfتَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou knowعِلۡمَʿil'ma(with) a knowledgeٱلۡيَقِينِl-yaqīni(of) certainty

kallā law taʿlamūna ʿil'ma l-yaqīni

Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.

لَتَرَوُنَّlatarawunnaSurely you will seeٱلۡجَحِيمَl-jaḥīmathe Hellfire

latarawunna l-jaḥīma

˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّthummaThenلَتَرَوُنَّهَاlatarawunnahāsurely you will see itعَيۡنَʿayna(with the) eyeٱلۡيَقِينِl-yaqīni(of) certainty

thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni

Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

ثُمَّthummaThenلَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّlatus'alunnasurely you will be askedيَوۡمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Dayعَنِʿaniaboutٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmithe pleasures

thumma latus'alunna yawma-idhin ʿani l-naʿīmi

Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.