Al haaku mut takathur
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more

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Al haaku mut takathur
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
until you go down to your graves.
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Nay, in time you will come to understand!
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,
Latara-wun nal jaheem
you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem
and on that Day you will most surely be called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life!
English translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Use the interactive reader above for transliteration, recitation and verse controls.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
until you go down to your graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, in time you will come to understand!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
and on that Day you will most surely be called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life!