102. At-Takathur (1 to 8)
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you, Until you visit the graveyards., No! You are going to know., Then no! You are going to know…
1 أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
‘ʔalhay’kumu ‘lt:aka’èuru
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
2 حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
ḥat:ay’ zurtumu ‘lmaqa’bira
Until you visit the graveyards.
3 كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
kal:a’ sawfa taʕlamuwna
No! You are going to know.
4 ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
èum:a kal:a’ sawfa taʕlamuwna
Then no! You are going to know.
5 كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
kal:a’ law taʕlamuwna ʕilma ‘lyaqiyni
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
6 لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
latarawun:a ‘ljaḥiyma
You will surely see the Hellfire.
7 ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
èum:a latarawun:aha’ ʕayna ‘lyaqiyni
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
8 ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
èum:a latusʔalun:a yawmayʔiًin ʕani ‘ln:aʕiymi
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
