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Surah At-Takathur ( The piling Up )

English - Arberry

Surah At-Takathur ( The piling Up ) - Aya count 8

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

Gross rivalry diverts you,

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

even till you visit the tombs.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

No indeed; but soon you shall know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Again, no indeed; but soon you shall know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

No indeed; did you know with the knowledge of certainty,

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

you shall surely see Hell;

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

Again, you shall surely see it with the eye of certainty

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

then you shall be questioned that day concerning true bliss.