Surah At-Takathur

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 102:1 ▶

   أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

   alhākumu t-takāthur

   Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

2. 102:2 ▶

   حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

   ḥattā zurtumu l-maqābir

   Until you visit the graveyards.

   i.e., remain in them temporarily, meaning until the Day of Resurrection.

3. 102:3 ▶

   كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   kallā sawfa taʿlamūn

   No! You are going to know.

4. 102:4 ▶

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūn

   Then, no! You are going to know.

5. 102:5 ▶

   كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

   kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilma l-yaqīn

   No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

   The conclusion of this verse is estimated to be "...you would not have been distracted from preparing for the Hereafter."

6. 102:6 ▶

   لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

   latarawunna l-jaḥīm

   You will surely see the Hellfire.

7. 102:7 ▶

   ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

   thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīn

   Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

   i.e., with actual eyesight.

8. 102:8 ▶

   ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

   thumma latus'alunna yawma'idhin ʿani n-naʿīm

   Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

   i.e., the comforts of worldly life and whether you were grateful to Allāh for His blessings.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.