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