Surah At-Takathur
Competition for More ˹Gains˺ • Surah 102 • 8 verses
Introduction
In this Meccan chapter and the next, the disbelievers are criticized for wasting their lives doing things that do not matter in the Hereafter, most importantly hoarding wealth.
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
But no! You will soon come to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Again, no! You will soon come to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.
