أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
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Surah 102 · Meccan · 8 ayat
The Rivalry in world increase
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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.
Sources. Arabic text: Tanzil.net Uthmani text via the Quran.com API (KFGQPC Uthmani Hafs). Tajweed markup: Quran.com. Translations: Saheeh International (© Dar Abul Qasim Publishing House, 1997), displayed via the Quran.com API; Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an (1934) and M. M. Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), both public domain. Recitation: everyayah.com, by the reciters credited in the player.
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