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Surah At-Takathur (Rivalry in Worldly Increase) – Arabic, Translation & Audio

Surah At-Takathur is the 102nd surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “Rivalry in Worldly Increase”. It has 8 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.

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Surah At-Takathur at a glance
Surah number102 of 114
Arabic nameالتكاثر
English meaningRivalry in Worldly Increase
Number of ayahs8
RevelationMeccan (Makkah)
Order of revelation16 (traditional chronology)
Juz (part)30
Mushaf pages600 (604-page Madinah mushaf)
Verses of prostrationNone
Begins with BismillahYes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered)
Listen to Surah At-Takathur – full recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Read Surah At-Takathur in Arabic with English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. 102:1

    أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾

    Al haaku mut takathur

    Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

  2. 102:2

    حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾

    Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir

    Until ye come to the graves.

  3. 102:3

    كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

    Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon

    Nay, but ye will come to know!

  4. 102:4

    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

    Thumma kalla sawfa ta'lamoon

    Nay, but ye will come to know!

  5. 102:5

    كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾

    Kalla law ta'lamoona 'ilmal yaqeen

    Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!

  6. 102:6

    لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

    Latara-wun nal jaheem

    For ye will behold hell-fire.

  7. 102:7

    ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾

    Thumma latara wunnaha 'ainal yaqeen

    Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.

  8. 102:8

    ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾

    Thumma latus alunna yauma-izin 'anin na'eem

    Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.

Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.

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