At-Takatsur

Competition

Surah 102 · Meccan · 8 ayahs

التكاثر

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١

    Alhākumut-takāthur.

    Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

  2. حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ ٢

    Ḥattā zurtumul-maqābir.

    Until you visit the graveyards.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., remain in them temporarily, meaning until the Day of Resurrection.
  3. كـَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

    Kallā sawfa taʿlamūn.

    No! You are going to know.

  4. ثُمَّ كـَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

    Thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūn.

    Then, no! You are going to know.

  5. كـَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥

    Kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilmal-yaqīn.

    No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The conclusion of this verse is estimated to be "...you would not have been distracted from preparing for the Hereafter."
  6. لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ ٦

    Latarawunnal-jaḥīm.

    You will surely see the Hellfire.

  7. ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٧

    Thumma latarawunnahā ʿaynal-yaqīn.

    Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., with actual eyesight.
  8. ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨

    Thumma latusʾalunna yawmaʾidhin ʿanin-naʿīm.

    Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the comforts of worldly life and whether you were grateful to Allāh for His blessings.