أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١
Kumekushughulisheni kutafuta wingi,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Maana: "Kushindana Kwingi"
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١
Kumekushughulisheni kutafuta wingi,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ٢
Mpaka mje makaburini!
Until you visit the graveyards.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٣
Sivyo hivyo! Mtakuja jua!
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤
Tena sivyo hivyo! Mtakuja jua!
Then no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥
Sivyo hivyo! Lau mngeli jua kwa ujuzi wa yakini,
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ٦
Basi bila ya shaka mtaiona Jahannamu!
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٧
Tena, bila ya shaka, mtaiona kwa jicho la yakini.
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨
Tena bila ya shaka mtaulizwa siku hiyo juu ya neema.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.