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أَلْهَىٰكُمُٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
alhākumu l-takāthuru
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Surah At-Takathur (التكاثر) — “The Rivalry in world increase” — is a Meccan chapter with 8 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.
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At-Takathur
التكاثرThe Rivalry in world increase · 8 verses · Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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حَتَّىٰزُرْتُمُٱلْمَقَابِرَ
ḥattā zur'tumu l-maqābira
Until you visit the graveyards.
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كَلَّاسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ
kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
No! You are going to know.
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ثُمَّكَلَّاسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ
thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
Then, no! You are going to know.
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كَلَّالَوْتَعْلَمُونَعِلْمَٱلْيَقِينِ
kallā law taʿlamūna ʿil'ma l-yaqīni
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
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لَتَرَوُنَّٱلْجَحِيمَ
latarawunna l-jaḥīma
You will surely see the Hellfire.
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ثُمَّلَتَرَوُنَّهَاعَيْنَٱلْيَقِينِ
thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
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ثُمَّلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّيَوْمَئِذٍعَنِٱلنَّعِيمِ
thumma latus'alunna yawma-idhin ʿani l-naʿīmi
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.