At-Takathur 102
Rivalry in IncreaseHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small 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
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small 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.
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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.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
أَلْهَاكُمُ알하쿠뭇 التَّكَاثُرُ타카θ수r르
더 많이 가지려는 경쟁이 너희를 [하나님에게서] 멀어지게 하니,
Competition for more distracts you,
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2
حَتَّىٰ핫타 زُرْتُمُ주r르투물 الْمَقَابِرَ마까비r르
마침내 너희는 무덤을 찾아가게 된다.
until you visit the graves.
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3
كَلَّا칼라 سَوْفَ사우f파 تَعْلَمُونَ타을라문
결코 그렇지 않다! 너희는 곧 알게 될 것이다.
No! You will come to know.
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4
ثُمَّθ숨마 كَلَّا칼라 سَوْفَ사우f파 تَعْلَمُونَ타을라문
다시, 결코 그렇지 않다! 너희는 곧 알게 될 것이다.
Then, no! You will come to know.
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5
كَلَّا칼라 لَوْ라우 تَعْلَمُونَ타을라무나 عِلْمَ일말 الْيَقِينِ야낀
결코 그렇지 않다! 너희가 확실한 지식으로 안다면 좋으련만.
No! If you only knew with the knowledge of certainty —
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6
لَتَرَوُنَّ라타r라운날 الْجَحِيمَ자힘
너희는 반드시 타오르는 불지옥을 볼 것이다.
you will surely see Hellfire.
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7
ثُمَّθ숨마 لَتَرَوُنَّهَا라타r라운나하 عَيْنَ아이날 الْيَقِينِ야낀
그런 다음 너희는 확실한 눈으로 그것을 반드시 보게 될 것이다.
Then indeed you will see it with certain sight.
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8
ثُمَّθ숨마 لَتُسْأَلُنَّ라투스알룬나 يَوْمَئِذٍ야우마이ð딘 عَنِ아닌 النَّعِيمِ나임
그런 다음 그날 너희는 [너희가 누린] 즐거움에 대해 반드시 질문받을 것이다.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about the pleasures [you enjoyed].