At-Takathur

Translation by

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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At-Takathur

أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ ﴿1﴾

Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ ﴿2﴾

until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.1

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿3﴾

But no! You will soon come to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿4﴾

Again, no! You will soon come to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ ﴿5﴾

Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ ﴿6﴾

˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ ﴿7﴾

Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ﴿8﴾

Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.