سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more
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حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
until you go down to your graves.
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كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, in time you will come to understand!
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,
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لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:
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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!
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