Surah 102 of 114 · Makki
Surah At-Takaathur (Competition in Worldly Increase)
سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُalhākumuDiverts youٱلتَّكَاثُرُl-takāthuruthe competition to increase
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
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حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
حَتَّىٰḥattāUntilزُرْتُمُzur'tumuyou visitٱلْمَقَابِرَl-maqābirathe graves
Until you visit the graveyards
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كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
كَلَّاkallāNayسَوْفَsawfaSoonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know
No! You are going to know
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
ثُمَّthummaThenكَلَّاkallānayسَوْفَsawfaSoonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know
Then no! You are going to know
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
كَلَّاkallāNayلَوْlawIfتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou knowعِلْمَʿil'ma(with) a knowledgeٱلْيَقِينِl-yaqīni(of) certainty
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty
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لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
لَتَرَوُنَّlatarawunnaSurely you will seeٱلْجَحِيمَl-jaḥīmathe Hellfire
You will surely see the Hellfire
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
ثُمَّthummaThenلَتَرَوُنَّهَاlatarawunnahāsurely you will see itعَيْنَʿayna(with the) eyeٱلْيَقِينِl-yaqīni(of) certainty
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty
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ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
ثُمَّthummaThenلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّlatus'alunnasurely you will be askedيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Dayعَنِʿaniaboutٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmithe pleasures
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure