Surah At-Takathur (The Competition)

Topics in Surah At-Takathur

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Certainty (Yaqeen) (8 verses)
• Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah) (8 verses)
• Seeing Allah (Ru'yah) (5 verses)
• The Grave (Qabr) (4 verses)
• Time (Waqt) (3 verses)
• Visions (Ru'ya) (2 verses)
• Fitnah (2 verses)
• Wealth (Mal) (2 verses)
• Distraction (Lahw) (2 verses)
• Security (Amn) (1 verses)
• Life (Hayah) (1 verses)

Read Surah At-Takathur with English translation

1. 102:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

   Striving for more distracts you

2. 102:2

   حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

   until you go into your graves.

3. 102:3

   كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

   No indeed! You will come to know.

4. 102:4

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

   No indeed! In the end you will come to know.

5. 102:5

   كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

   No indeed! If only you knew for certain.

6. 102:6

   لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

   You will most definitely see Hellfire,

7. 102:7

   ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

   you will see it with the eye of certainty.

8. 102:8

   ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

   On that Day, you will be asked about your pleasures.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.