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التكاثر

102. At-Takaathur

Competition · Meccan · 8 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

102:1

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

Alhākumu at-takāthur

Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

102:2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

Ḥattā zurtumu al-maqābir

Until ye come to the graves.

102:3

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Kallā sawfa taʿlamūn

Nay, but ye will come to know!

102:4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūn

Nay, but ye will come to know!

102:5

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

Kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilma al-yaqīn

Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!

102:6

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

Latarawunna al-jaḥīm

For ye will behold hell-fire.

102:7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

Thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna al-yaqīn

Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.

102:8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

Thumma latusʾalunna yawmaʾidhin ʿani an-naʿīm

Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.