Al-Takāthur · Rivalry

The tafsir of this chapter is being written. The Arabic and its translation are here in full.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 102:1

   أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

   Rivalry [and vainglory] distracted you

2. 102:2

   حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

   until you visited [even] the graves.

3. 102:3

   كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   No indeed, soon you will know!

4. 102:4

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   No indeed, soon you will know for yet another time!

5. 102:5

   كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

   Indeed, were you to know with certain knowledge,

6. 102:6

   لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

   you would have surely seen hell [in this very life].

7. 102:7

   ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

   Afterward you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

8. 102:8

   ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

   Then, on that day, you will surely be questioned concerning the Blessing.