SUNNAH 102 SURAH AT-TAKATHUR

Surah At-Takathur
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you,
Until you visit the graves (until you die).
Nay! You shall come to know! (the reality)
Again, Nay! You shall come to know!
Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have
occupied yourselves in worldly things)
Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!
And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!
Then, on that Day, you shall be asked about the delight (you indulged in, in this world)!

Surah At-Takathur (Rivalry In World Increase, Competition) is the 102nd surah of the
Qur'an with 8 ayat.

Significance:
After the bismillah, this surah is concerned with factionalism and schism amongst
people. Disagreements between individuals and groups follows us "even until you visit
the tombs". Three times in a row the surah warns that "you shall know" that those who
sow discord are headed towards Hell. Here, proper understanding is required for

entrance into Paradise, and should one not attain this on Earth, one will receive the "eye
of certainty" on the Day of Judgment.
In it the people have been warned of the evil consequences of world worship because of
which they spend their lives in acquiring more and more of worldly wealth, material
benefits and pleasures, and position and power, till death, and in vying with one another
and bragging and boasting about their acquisitions. This one pursuit has so occupied
them that they are left with no time or opportunity for pursuing the higher things in life.
After warning the people of its evil end they have been told us if to say: "These
blessings which you are amassing and enjoying thoughtlessly, are not mere blessings
but are also a means of your trial. For each one of these blessings and comforts you will
surely be called to account in the Hereafter."when "you shall be questioned...concerning
true bliss.

History:
"The genesis of the descending of this verse is that the tribes of Banu Abd alManaf and Banu Sahm began to boast against each other over the abundance of their
wealth and the number of their tribesmen, and in order to prove they had a greater
number each one began to include their dead as well, whereupon this verse was
revealed to the effect that abundance of riches and majority in numbers has made you
so forgetful that you count the dead also with the living. This verse is also taken to mean
that abundance of riches and progeny has made you forgetful till you reached the
graves, but the utterance of Amir al-mu'minin supports the first meaning.".

Place and Time Revealed:

Surah At-Takathur had been revealed before the revelation of the Makki Surahs and its
revelation had removed the Companions doubt about the torment of the grave.
That is why, in spite of these traditions, a great majority of the commentators are agreed
that this Surah is Makki. In our opinion this is not only a Makki Surah but in view of its
contents and style it is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed at Makkah.