بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Al haaku mut takathur
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
Until you visit the graveyards.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Then no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
Latara-wun nal jaheem
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.