The Rivalry in world increase
At-Takathur
102:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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102:2
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,
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102:3
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.
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102:4
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
But no! You will soon come to know.
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102:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Again, no! You will soon come to know.
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102:6
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.
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102:7
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.
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102:8
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
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102:9
ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.
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