Surah 102

At-Takāthur

التكاثر

8 verses · Meccan

Key structural observations

The surah is structured as a shift from horizontal diversion to vertical accountability: alhākum gives way to tusʾalunna.
Its key warning is that 'sawfa' is not an exit: postponement does not delay truth, only one's capacity to receive it as light.
The surah exposes accumulation as a gaze disorder: 'more' keeps the soul moving sideways until questioning rises in front of it.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ

ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ