Surah 102 · Meccan · 8 verses · Juz 30

At-Takathur

التكاثر

The Rivalry in world increase

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ۝١

    Alhākumut-takāṡur(u).

    Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

  2. حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ۝٢

    Ḥattā zurtumul-maqābir(a).

    Until you visit the graveyards.

  3. كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣

    Kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).

    No! You are going to know.

  4. ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤

    Ṡumma kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).

    Then, no! You are going to know.

  5. كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۝٥

    Kallā lau ta‘lamūna ‘ilmal-yaqīn(i).

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

  6. لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ۝٦

    Latarawunnal-jaḥīm(a).

    You will surely see the Hellfire.

  7. ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۝٧

    Ṡumma latarawunnahā ‘ainal-yaqīn(i).

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

  8. ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٨

    Ṡumma latus'alunna yauma'iżin ‘anin-na‘īm(i).

    Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.