At-Takaathur

Competition — 8 ayahs, Meccan

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

102:1 🔗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

102:2 🔗

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

Until you visit the graveyards.

102:3 🔗

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

No! You are going to know.

102:4 🔗

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Then no! You are going to know.

102:5 🔗

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

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

102:6 🔗

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

You will surely see the Hellfire.

102:7 🔗

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

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

102:8 🔗

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.