أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
At-Takathur diagnoses the disease of every age: competition in accumulation diverts you until you visit the graves. It warns — with escalating certainty — that you will surely see the Hellfire with the eye of certainty, and that on that Day you will be asked about the pleasures you enjoyed.
At-Takathur (التكاثر) means "The Rivalry in Increase" in English. It is chapter 102 of the Holy Quran.
Surah At-Takathur has 8 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 600 to 600 of the mushaf.
Surah At-Takathur is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
At-Takathur diagnoses the disease of every age: competition in accumulation diverts you until you visit the graves. It warns — with escalating certainty — that you will surely see the Hellfire with the eye of certainty, and that on that Day you will be asked about the pleasures you enjoyed.