# Surah At-Takathur (التَّكَاثُر) — Competition

> **Chapter 102 of the Holy Quran** · **8 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Machine-Readable JSON Dataset**: https://easyquran.io/surah-data/102.json
- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (8 Verses)

### Verse 102:1

أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

### Verse 102:2

حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ

Until you visit the graveyards

### Verse 102:3

كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ

No! You are going to know

### Verse 102:4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ

Then no! You are going to know

### Verse 102:5

كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty

### Verse 102:6

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ

You will surely see the Hellfire

### Verse 102:7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty

### Verse 102:8

ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure