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.
The Rivalry in world increase · 8 verses · Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
alhākumu l-takāthuru
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
ḥattā zur'tumu l-maqābira
Until you visit the graveyards.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
Then, no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
kallā law taʿlamūna ʿil'ma l-yaqīni
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
latarawunna l-jaḥīma
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
thumma latus'alunna yawma-idhin ʿani l-naʿīmi
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
