At-Takaathur

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ۱

{ ألهكم } شغلكم عن طاعة الله { التكاثر } التفاخر بالأموال والأولاد والرجال.

Rivalry [in worldly things], mutual vainglory about wealth, children and men, distracts you, preoccupies you [diverting you] from obedience to God,

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ۲

{ حتى زرتم المقابر } بأن متم فدفنتم فيها أو عددتم الموتى تكاثرا.

until you visit the graves, [either] in that you have died and then been buried in them, or [it means] to the extent that you [actually] count the dead as a something to rival one another by.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۳

{ كلا } ردع { سوف تعلمون }.

No indeed! — a disavowal. You will come to know!

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۴

{ ثم كلا سوف تعلمون } سوء عاقبة تفاخركم عند النزع، ثم في القبر.

Again, no indeed! You will come to know, the evil consequences of your mutual vainglory at the moment of the extraction [of the soul], then [you will come to know] in the grave.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۵

{ كلا } حقا { لو تعلمون علم اليقين } أي علما يقينا عاقبة التفاخر ما اشتغلتم به.

No indeed! — verily — Were you to know with certain knowledge, the consequences of your vainglory, you would not preoccupy yourselves with it, [for]

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ۶

{ لترون الجحيم } النار جواب قسم محذوف. وحذف منه لام الفعل وعينه وألقيت حركتها على الراء.

you would surely see hell-fire, the Fire (la-tarawunna’l-jahīma: this is the response to an omitted oath; the third consonant of the root of the verb [r-’-y] together with the second have been omitted, and its vowel has been transposed onto the rā’).

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۷

{ ثم لترونها } تأكيد { عين اليقين } مصدر: لأن رأى وعاين، بمعنى واحد.

Again, you will surely see it — [repeated] for emphasis — with the eye of certainty (‘ayna is a verbal noun, as both ra’ā and ‘āyana have the same meaning).

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۸

{ ثم لتسئلن } حذف منه نون الرفع لتوالي النونات وواو ضمير الجمع لالتقاء الساكنين { يومئذ } يوم رؤيتها { عن النعيم } ما يلتذ به في الدنيا من الصحة والفراغ والأمن والمطعم والمشرب وغير ذلك.

Then, on that day, the day you see it, you will assuredly be questioned (la-tus’alunna: the nūn of the indicative has been omitted because of one nūn coming after the other; likewise [omitted] is the wāw indicating the plural person [of the verb] because of two unvocalised consonants coming together) about the comforts [of the world], the health, leisure, security, food, drink and other things which one enjoys in this world.