Surah At-Takathur

Verse 102:1

اَلْهٰىكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ ۟ۙ

ʹAl-haaku mut-takaas̤ur.

Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,

Verse 102:2

حَتّٰی زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ ۟ؕ

Ḥattaa zurtumul maq̣aabir.

until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.

Verse 102:3

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Kallaa sawfa taʻlamoon.

But no! You will soon come to know.

Verse 102:4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟ؕ

S̤umma kallaa sawfa taʻlamoon!

Again, no! You will soon come to know.

Verse 102:5

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عِلْمَ الْیَقِیْنِ ۟ؕ

Kallaa law taʻlamoona ʻilmal yaq̣een.

Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.

Verse 102:6

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِیْمَ ۟ۙ

Latarawunnal Jaḥeem!

˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.

Verse 102:7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَیْنَ الْیَقِیْنِ ۟ۙ

S̤umma latarawunnahaa ʻaynal yaq̣een!

Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

Verse 102:8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ عَنِ النَّعِیْمِ ۟۠

S̤umma latusʹalunna Yawmaʹiẓin ʻanin naʻeem.

Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.