سورة التكاثر   

Surah Name: At-Takathur Meaning: The Emulous Desire

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 1
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 8
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 102
  • Rukū / Section 1 contains Āyāt / Parts 8
  • Siparah/ Volume 30

bismillah

أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ 

Alhakumu a(l)ttakathur(u)

The emulous desire of abundance engrosses you.

(102:1)

حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ 

Hatta zurtumu almaqabir(a)

Until you visit the graves.

(102:2)

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 

Kalla sawfa taAAlamoon(a)

Lo! You shall soon know.

(102:3)

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 

Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoon(a)

Again lo! You shall soon know.

(102:4)

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeen(i)

Lo! Would that you knew now with sure knowledge!

(102:5)

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ 

Latarawunna aljaheem(a)

Surely   you   shall   behold   the Scorch.

(102:6)

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ

Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeen(i)

Then you shall behold with sure vision.

(102:7)

ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ

Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani a(l)nnaAAeem(i)

Then on that Day, you shall be questioned about the delights.

(102:8)
In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

O' man! You became a captive to greed for wealth and got down to acquiring it by illegal means, in defiance of Allah-SWT , until it was time for you to enter your grave. Everything will certainly be clear now as the realities will begin to unfold and you shall behold the Hell, with a sure vision.

According to Ibn-e-'Abbas-RAU, the feelings experienced by beholding cannot be matched by the effects generated by listening. Prophet Musa-AS was informed on Mount Tur that his nation had taken to calf worship, but it was only when he returned and witnessed it that he was infuriated, and in the process, even cast away the Sacred Tablets he brought along.

O' mankind! You will behold the Hell right in front of you on the Day of Gathering. It is then that you will be taken into account for all the Divine blessings you had enjoyed.

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