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سُورَةُ التكاثر

At-Takathur — The Rivalry in World Increase

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Surah At-Takathur (The Rivalry in World Increase, التكاثر) is the 102nd surah of the Noble Quran — a Meccan surah of 8 verses. Read it below in Arabic with the English translation of Marmaduke Pickthall, and listen verse by verse to famous Egyptian reciters.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
102:1
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١
Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
102:2
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ٢
Until ye come to the graves.
102:3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٣
Nay, but ye will come to know!
102:4
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤
Nay, but ye will come to know!
102:5
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
102:6
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ٦
For ye will behold hell-fire.
102:7
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٧
Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
102:8
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨
Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.

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Arabic text: Tanzil Project (tanzil.net) · English translation: M. M. Pickthall · Recitations: mp3quran.net
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