Surah 102. At-Takathur, Ayah 1
| أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ |
| Transliteration | : | alhaa -kum at- takaathur |
| Pickthall | : | Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you |
| Asad | : | YOU ARE OBSESSED by greed for more and more |
| Malik | : | O mankind, you have been distracted by the rivalry of piling up worldly gains against one another. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things) 6257 |
Note - 6257Acquisitiveness, that is, the passion for seeking an
increase in wealth, position, the number of adherents or
followers or supporters, mass production and mass
organisation, may affect an individual as such, or it may
affect whole societies or nations. Other people's example
or rivalry in such things may aggravate the situation. Up
to a certain point it may be good and necessary. But when
it becomes inordinate and monopolises attention, it
leaves no time for higher things in life, and a clear
warning is here sounded from a moral point of view. Man
may be engrossed in these things till death approaches,
and he looks back on a wasted life, as far as the higher
things are concerned.
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Acquisitiveness, that is, the passion for seeking an increase in wealth, position, the number of adherents or followers or supporters, mass production and mass organisation, may affect an individual as such, or it may affect whole societies or nations. Other people's example or rivalry in such things may aggravate the situation. Up to a certain point it may be good and necessary. But when it becomes inordinate and monopolises attention, it leaves no time for higher things in life, and a clear warning is here sounded from a moral point of view. Man may be engrossed in these things till death approaches, and he looks back on a wasted life, as far as the higher things are concerned. |
