Surah At-Takathur (102): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah At-Takathur, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

Al haaku mut takathur

1 Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir

2 Until you visit the graveyards.

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon

3 No! You are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon

4 Then no! You are going to know.

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen

5 No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

Latara-wun nal jaheem

6 You will surely see the Hellfire.

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen

7 Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem

8 Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.