سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُر

At-Takathur, Competing for More

The hundred and second surah of the Qur'an, 8 ayahs, revealed in Makkah.

Fresh dates and a jug of cool water under a quiet arch

أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ

Competition in worldly increase diverts you, until you visit the graveyards. (102:1–2)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 8Ayah 1

One stroke for each ayah, from right to left, coloured by theme. The gold stroke is ayah 8: “then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure”. Tap a colour to open its theme.

Three themes

Each opens its own map, with its ayahs, the hadith that explain them, and the classical tafsir.

    See all three as one map