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At-Takathur (The Rivalry in World Increase)

Verse 5of 8

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

كَلَّاkallāNay
لَوْlawIf
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know
عِلْمَʿil'ma(with) a knowledge
ٱلْيَقِينِl-yaqīni(of) certainty

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Result of Loving the World and Heedlessness of the HereafterAllah says that all are preoccupied by love of the world, its delights and its adornments, and this distracts you from seeking the Hereafter and desiring it. This delays you until death comes to you and you visit the graves, thus becoming its inhabitants.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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