Meccan · 8 verses التكاثر

At-Takathur 102

Rivalry in Increase · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it begins by telling its listeners that competition for more has distracted them, until they end up visiting the graves. A warning follows and is repeated: 'No! You will come to know. Then, no! You will come to know.' The sura then wishes they knew with the knowledge of certainty, and declares that they will surely see Hellfire, and then see it with certain sight. The final verse adds that on that Day they will surely be asked about the pleasures they enjoyed. In eight verses it moves from a life absorbed in piling up more, through a certainty that arrives too late, to being questioned about everything that was enjoyed.

• Competing for more
• Until the graves
• The knowledge of certainty
• Questioned about pleasures

The name It is named after 'competition for more' (at-Takathur) in verse 1.

Start with 102:1 · 102:5 · 102:8

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   أَلْهَاكُمُ알하쿠뭇 التَّكَاثُرُ타카^θ수^r르

   Competition캄퍼티션 for^f포 more모 distracts디스트^r랙츠 you,유

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2. 2

   حَتَّىٰ핫타 زُرْتُمُ주^r르투물 الْمَقَابِرَ마까비^r르

   until언틸 you유 visit^v비짓 the^ð더 graves.그^r레이^v브즈

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3. 3

   كَلَّا칼라 سَوْفَ사우^f파 تَعْلَمُونَ타을라문

   No!노우 You유 will윌 come컴 to투 know.노우

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4. 4

   ثُمَّ^θ숨마 كَلَّا칼라 سَوْفَ사우^f파 تَعْلَمُونَ타을라문

   Then,^ð덴 no!노우 You유 will윌 come컴 to투 know.노우

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5. 5

   كَلَّا칼라 لَوْ라우 تَعْلَمُونَ타을라무나 عِلْمَ일말 الْيَقِينِ야낀

   No!노우 If이^f프 you유 only온리 knew누 with위^ð드 the^ð더 knowledge날러지 of어^v브 certainty서턴티 —

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6. 6

   لَتَرَوُنَّ라타^r라운날 الْجَحِيمَ자힘

   you유 will윌 surely슈어리 see시 Hellfire.헬^f파이어

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7. 7

   ثُمَّ^θ숨마 لَتَرَوُنَّهَا라타^r라운나하 عَيْنَ아이날 الْيَقِينِ야낀

   Then^ð덴 indeed인디드 you유 will윌 see시 it잇 with위^ð드 certain서튼 sight.사잇

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8. 8

   ثُمَّ^θ숨마 لَتُسْأَلُنَّ라투스알룬나 يَوْمَئِذٍ야우마이^ð딘 عَنِ아닌 النَّعِيمِ나임

   Then^ð덴 you유 will윌 surely슈어리 be비 asked애스크트 that^ð댓 Day데이 about어바웃 the^ð더 pleasures플레저즈 [you유 enjoyed].엔조이드

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