أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts youSaheeh International
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts youSaheeh International
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.Saheeh International
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.Saheeh International
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! You are going to know.Saheeh International
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...Saheeh International
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.Saheeh International
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.Saheeh International
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.Saheeh International
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 page 600 of the mushaf.
Surah At-Takathur is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.