أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١
1. Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Memorize Surah At-Takathur
سورة التكاثر
Surah At-Takathur has 8 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 600), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah At-Takathur
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ٢
2. Until you visit the graveyards.1980
Notes
[1980] i.e., remain in them temporarily, meaning until the Day of Resurrection.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٣
3. No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤
4. Then, no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥
5. No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...1981
Notes
[1981] The conclusion of this verse is estimated to be "...you would not have been distracted from preparing for the Hereafter."
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ٦
6. You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٧
7. Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.1982
Notes
[1982] i.e., with actual eyesight.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨
8. Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.1983
Notes
[1983] i.e., the comforts of worldly life and whether you were grateful to Allāh for His blessings.
Verses not to confuse
2 verses of Surah At-Takathur resemble other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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At-Takathur 102:3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
At-Takathur 102:4ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
Read the portion while following a reciter, verse by verse, until you can say it without hesitation.
- Repeat
Repeat each verse several times with a pause to say it after the reciter, then join the verses together.
- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.