أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١
alhākumu l-takāthuru
1. Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Surah At-Takathur transliteration
سورة التكاثر
Here is Surah At-Takathur (“The Rivalry in World Increase”) in transliteration: each of its 8 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
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
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ٢
ḥattā zur'tumu l-maqābira
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
kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
3. No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤
thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna
4. Then, no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥
kallā law taʿlamūna ʿil'ma l-yaqīni
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
latarawunna l-jaḥīma
6. You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٧
thumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni
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
thumma latus'alunna yawma-idhin ʿani l-naʿīmi
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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