أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ ٢

Until you visit the graveyards.

كـَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كـَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

Then, no! You are going to know.

كـَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ ٦

You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٧

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.