Surah At-Takathur Transliteration, Translation and Benefits

Background information:
Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (ﷺ) said: ‘Can one of you not recite a thousand verses daily’? They said, ‘Who is able to recite a thousand verses?’ Nabi (ﷺ) replied, ‘Aren’t you able to recite Alhakumut Takathur’? (referring to Surah 102) This signifies the importance or the virtue for one who recites Surah Takathur.

Surah Takathur is classified as a Meccan surah and means ‘vying for increase’. The surah provides the believers a view of how to live in this world that values materialistic tendencies. As mentioned previously, there is no sin in being wealthy or acquiring wealth but issues a warning to those who chase and get distracted by the wealth creation game. It reminds s to not forget one’s religious duties and to give zakat which can be counter-productive to one who has a strong desire to accumulate and hoard wealth.

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🤲 Here you can read Surah Takathur in Arabic text but for those not strong in reading Arabic, we’ve included the roman transliteration to help you with the pronunciation.
🤲 For the knowledge seekers we’ve incorporated various respected English translations to help understand the meaning of each verse. We’re also expanding to include more languages to help people understand these verses in their native tongue. Currently, this includes Hindi, Urdu, and Malay.
🤲 You can listen to the MP3 audio of Surah Takathur with the beautiful recitation by Mishary Al-Alfasy, just press play. For faster navigation use the keyboard shortcuts spacebar, d, and/or arrow keys.
🤲 Once you press play it will automatically scroll to the correct verse giving a hands-free experience so you can just focus on reading and don’t need to scroll. You can turn this feature off in the settings. (keyboard shortcuts, s=settings, t=tafsir, and q= Qur’an navigational menu).
🤲 Lastly, if you want to take it one step further you can go to the individual ayat pages where you’ll find the Quranic commentaries by Ibn Katheer and Abul Ala Maududi which expound on each verse in detail.