At-Takaathur

Competition • Meccan • 8 verses

سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

102:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more
102:2
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
until you go down to your graves.
102:3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, in time you will come to understand!
102:4
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!
102:5
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,
102:6
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!
102:7
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:
102:8
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
and on that Day you will most surely be called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life!