AT-TAKATHUR (RIVALRY IN WORLD INCREASE, COMPETITION)
Total Verses: 8 Revealed At: MAKKA
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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
102.001
Y: The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world)
diverts you (from the more serious things),
P: Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
S: Abundance diverts you,
102.002
Y: Until ye visit the graves.
P: Until ye come to the graves.
S: Until you come to the graves.
102.003
Y: But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).
P: Nay, but ye will come to know!
S: Nay! you shall soon know,
102.004
Y: Again, ye soon shall know!
P: Nay, but ye will come to know!
S: Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
102.005
Y: Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
P: Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
S: Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
102.006
Y: Ye shall certainly see Hell-Fire!
P: For ye will behold hell-fire.
S: You should most certainly have seen the hell;
102.007
Y: Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!
P: Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
S: Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
102.008
Y: Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged
in)!
P: Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.
S: Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the
boons.
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