Surah Competition [At-Takathur] in English

Surah Competition [At-Takathur] Ayah 8 Location Maccah Number 102

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

Greed for more and more distracted you [from God]

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

till you reached the grave.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

But you will soon come to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

But you will soon come to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

Indeed, were you to know the truth with certainty,

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

you would see the fire of Hell.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

You would see it with the eye of certainty.

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

Then on that Day you shall be questioned about your worldly favours.