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سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِ · 102:5
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كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

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No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

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Introduction

This is āyah 5 of Sūrat At-Takaathur (The Rivalry in world increase), the 16th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
16 of 114
Surah
At-Takaathur (102)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 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 (1. The mutual increase diverts you,)(2. Until you visit the graves.)(3. Nay! You shall come to know!)(4. Again nay! You shall come to know!)(4. Again nay! You shall come to know!)(5. Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge.)(6. Verily, you shall see the blazing Fire!)(7. And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!)(8. Then on that Day you shall be asked about the delights!) The Result of Loving the World and Heedlessness of the Hereafter Allah says that all are preoccupied by love of the world, its delig…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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