بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ alhākumut takāthur THE AVARICE OF plenitude keeps you occupied
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حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ḥattā zurtumul maqābir Till you reach the grave.
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كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ kallā sawfa ta`lamūn But you will come to know soon; --
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ thumma kallā sawfa ta`lamūn Indeed you will come to know soon.
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ kallā law ta`lamūna `il-mal yaqīn And yet if you knew with positive knowledge
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لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ latarawunnal jaḥīm You have indeed to behold Hell;
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ thumma latarawunnahā `aynal yaqīn Then you will see it with the eye of certainty.
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ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ thumma latus-alunna yawma-idhin `anin na`īm Then on that day you will surely be asked about the verity of pleasures.
