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QUR’AN · SURAH 102

At-Takaathur

Competition · undefined verses · Meccan

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Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
102:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Al haaku mut takathur

YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more

102:2
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir

until you go down to your graves.

102:3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon

Nay, in time you will come to understand!

102:4
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon

And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!

102:5
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen

Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,

102:6
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

Latara-wun nal jaheem

you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!

102:7
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen

In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:

102:8
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem

and on that Day you will most surely be called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life!

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Qur’an 102:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more

Qur’an 102:2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

until you go down to your graves.

Qur’an 102:3

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Nay, in time you will come to understand!

Qur’an 102:4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!

Qur’an 102:5

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,

Qur’an 102:6

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

you would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]!

Qur’an 102:7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainty:

Qur’an 102:8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

and on that Day you will most surely be called to account for [what you did with] the boon of life!