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Verse 1
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Transliteration
Al haaku mut takathur
Translation
Competition for more ˹gains˺ diverts you ˹from Allah˺,
Surah 102
Rivalry in World Increase
التكاثر
At-Takathur
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Verse 2
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Transliteration
Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
Translation
until you end up in ˹your˺ graves.
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Verse 3
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration
Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Translation
But no! You will soon come to know.
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Verse 4
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration
Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon
Translation
Again, no! You will soon come to know.
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Verse 5
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Transliteration
Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen
Translation
Indeed, if you were to know ˹your fate˺ with certainty, ˹you would have acted differently˺.
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Verse 6
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Transliteration
Latara-wun nal jaheem
Translation
˹But˺ you will surely see the Hellfire.
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Verse 7
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Transliteration
Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen
Translation
Again, you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
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Verse 8
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Transliteration
Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem
Translation
Then, on that Day, you will definitely be questioned about ˹your worldly˺ pleasures.