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أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
ʹAl-haaku mut-takaas̤ur.
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
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حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Ḥattaa zurtumul maq̣aabir.
Until you visit the graveyards.
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3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Kallaa sawfa taʻlamoon.
No! You are going to know.
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
S̤umma kallaa sawfa taʻlamoon!
Then, no! You are going to know.
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Kallaa law taʻlamoona ʻilmal yaq̣een.
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
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لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Latarawunnal Jaḥeem!
You will surely see the Hellfire.
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
S̤umma latarawunnahaa ʻaynal yaq̣een!
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
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ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
S̤umma latusʹalunna Yawmaʹiẓin ʻanin naʻeem.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.