أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ 1
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
Ayahs 1–8 · Makki · 8 Ayahs · Surah 102
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ 1
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ 2
Until you visit the graveyards
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ 3
No! You are going to know
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ 4
Then no! You are going to know
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ 5
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ 6
You will surely see the Hellfire
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ 7
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty
ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 8
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure