Competition

102 - At-Takaathur

سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ

  • 102:1
    1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ

    THE AVARICE OF plenitude keeps you occupied

  • 102:2
    2

    حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ

    Till you reach the grave.

  • 102:3
    3

    كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    But you will come to know soon; --

  • 102:4
    4

    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    Indeed you will come to know soon.

  • 102:5
    5

    كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

    And yet if you knew with positive knowledge

  • 102:6
    6

    لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ

    You have indeed to behold Hell;

  • 102:7
    7

    ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ

    Then you will see it with the eye of certainty.

  • 102:8
    8

    ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ

    Then on that day you will surely be asked about the verity of pleasures.