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سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ

At-Takaathur

Competition

RevelationMeccan
Ayahs8
Chapter102
Juz30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
“In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.”
102:1
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Al haaku mut takathur
Sahih International
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
102:2
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
Sahih International
Until you visit the graveyards.
102:3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Sahih International
No! You are going to know.
102:4
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Sahih International
Then no! You are going to know.
102:5
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
Sahih International
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
102:6
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Latara-wun nal jaheem
Sahih International
You will surely see the Hellfire.
102:7
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
Sahih International
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
102:8
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem
Sahih International
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

Sources & Credits

  • Arabic Text: Tanzil Quran-Uthmani (Madinah Mushaf script)
  • English Translation: Sahih International
  • Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy
  • Tafsir: Tafsir al-Jalalayn (English)
  • Data: AlQuran.cloud public Quran API

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Recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy