102. At-Takathur
التكاثر“The Rivalry in Worldly Increase”
The Surah takes its name from the word at takathur in the first verse.(Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran)
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أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
alhākumu l-takāthuru
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.1
ḥattā zur'tumu l-maqābira
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! You are going to know.
thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...1
kallā law taʿlamūna ʿil'ma l-yaqīni
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
latarawunna l-jaḥīma
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.1
thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.1
thumma latus'alunna yawma-idhin ʿani l-naʿīmi
Arabic text: Uthmani script via Qur'an.com API v4. Translation: Sahih International. Revelation order: Egyptian Standard (Al-Azhar).