Surah 102: At-Takaathur سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ
Competition · 8 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ 1
1Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ 2
2Until ye come to the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 3
3Nay, but ye will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 4
4Nay, but ye will come to know!
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ 5
5Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ 6
6For ye will behold hell-fire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ 7
7Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 8
8Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
English: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain), via Tanzil.net. Arabic: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, CC BY 3.0). Verse numbers follow the standard Kufan count.