Competition

At-Takaathur

سورة التكاثر

8 versets · Mecquoise

verset 1

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺

verset 2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.

verset 3

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

But no! You will soon come to know.

verset 4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Again, no! You will soon come to know.

verset 5

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.

verset 6

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.

verset 7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

verset 8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.