بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِیمِ
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL, THE COMPASSIONATE
أَلْهَاکُمْ التَّکَاثُرُ 1
1- RIVALRY (IN WORLDLY INCREASE AND AVARICE) DIVERTS YOU (FROM ATTENTION TO GOD)
حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ 2
2- SO MUCH THAT YOU COME TO THE GRAVES (TO COUNT THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD FOR BOASTING).
کَلاَّ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 3
3- NAY, BUT YOU SHALL SOON COME TO KNOW!
ثُمَّ کَلاَّ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 4
4- AGAIN, NAY, BUT YOU SHALL SOON COME TO KNOW!
کَلاَّ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْیَقِینِ 5
5- NAY! IF YOU HAD KNOWN WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAINTY!
لَتَرَوْنَّ الْجَحِیمَ 6
6- YOU SHALL CERTAINLY SEE HELL-FIRE!
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوْنَّهَا عَیْنَ الْیَقِینِ 7
7- THEN YOU SHALL MOST CERTAINLY SEE IT WITH THE EYE OF CERTAINTY;
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ یَوْمَئِذٍ عَنْ النَّعِیمِ8
8- THEN ON THAT DAY YOU SHALL MOST CERTAINLY BE QUESTIONED ABOUT THE (DIVINE) BLESSINGS (YOU WERE GRANTED IN THE WORLD).