Surah At Takathur

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. اَلْهٰىكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُۙ

   Alhākumut-takāṡur(u).

   Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,

2. حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَۗ

   Ḥattā zurtumul-maqābir(a).

   until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.

3. كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَۙ

   Kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).

   But no! You will soon come to know.

4. ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ

   Ṡumma kallā saufa ta‘lamūn(a).

   Again, no! You will soon come to know.

5. كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِيْنِۗ

   Kallā lau ta‘lamūna ‘ilmal-yaqīn(i).

   Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.

6. لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيْمَۙ

   Latarawunnal-jaḥīm(a).

   ˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.

7. ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِيْنِۙ

   Ṡumma latarawunnahā ‘ainal-yaqīn(i).

   Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

8. ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيْمِ ࣖ

   Ṡumma latus'alunna yauma'iżin ‘anin-na‘īm(i).

   Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.