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Chapter 102
Surah At-Takāthur
- سورة التكاثر
(The Pilling up of Emulous Desire)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

102:1
Transliteration
Alhakumu attakathur
Sahih International
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Pickthall
Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
Yusuf Ali
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
102:2
Transliteration
Hatta zurtumu almaqabir
Sahih International
Until you visit the graveyards.
Pickthall
Until ye come to the graves.
Yusuf Ali
Until ye visit the graves.
102:3
Transliteration
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoon
Sahih International
No! You are going to know.
Pickthall
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Yusuf Ali
But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).
102:4
Transliteration
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoon
Sahih International
Then no! You are going to know.
Pickthall
Nay, but ye will come to know!
Yusuf Ali
Again, ye soon shall know!
102:5
Transliteration
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeen
Sahih International
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
Pickthall
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Yusuf Ali
Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
102:6
Transliteration
Latarawunna aljaheem
Sahih International
You will surely see the Hellfire.
Pickthall
For ye will behold hell-fire.
Yusuf Ali
Ye shall certainly see Hell-Fire!
102:7
Transliteration
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeen
Sahih International
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Pickthall
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
Yusuf Ali
Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!
102:8
Transliteration
Thumma latus-alunna yawma-ithin AAaniannaAAeem
Sahih International
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
Pickthall
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
Yusuf Ali
Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!).