أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١
1. Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Read Surah At-Takathur in Arabic and English
سورة التكاثر
The complete Arabic text of Surah At-Takathur: its 8 verses in vowelled Uthmani script, with the English translation under each verse. Enlarge the text with A+, show the transliteration or word by word, and start the recitation: each verse lights up as it is recited.
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.
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