At-Takaathur -- Competition

8 verses · meccan

أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

Ayah 1

حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ

Until you visit the graveyards

Ayah 2

كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ

No! You are going to know

Ayah 3

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ

Then no! You are going to know

Ayah 4

كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty

Ayah 5

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ

You will surely see the Hellfire

Ayah 6

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty

Ayah 7

ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure

Ayah 8