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Asalaam alaikum warahmatulah wabarakatuh

Surah at-Takathur- (The Rivalry in world

increase)[102]Miracle Dream Taseer-Nouman Ali Khan

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Introduction#

Al *ica+i# ,hen Allah concluded the matter o the hour o al ari+ah. /e mentioned a rou$ o

$eo$le who will enter in the ire' This surah will discuss such $eo$le'

So /e started this surah to tell the reasons wh& the& ell into the hellire'

n the $reious surah - Allah was talkin A*34T them (rd $erson)' Allah starts this one in the

2nd $erson - a inal $iece o adice rom Allah to such $eo$le'

,e s$oke beore about a 5luster o 6 surahs+7 8il9al. +Aadi&at. al ari+ah. and now Takathur'

These surahs hae a $attern o7Akhirah (:udment Da&). worldl& lie.Akhirah (:udment Da&)

aain. and worldl& lie'

*ecause o that se;uencin - this surah has a connection with the ew surahs+ beore it. and not

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A&ah 1#

Alhakumu attakathur

The =ilin u$ o worldl& thinsdierts &ou.

alha- lahwan($ast tense) - il-haa' !iterall& means !ntertainment.

That which keeps you busy and distracts you "rom what you should really be doing.This is the

essence oLahw.

il-haa - to be distracted and $ulled awa& rom somethin'This word means that &ou are

wasting your time on something which is less important. when &ou could be doin somethin

alot more im$ortant'

-,&()*+'%&%$#"!3 &ou who beliee. do not $ut [tulhikum]&our wealth and children rom the remembrance o

Allah'

[al Munai;un >?#]

3ur wealth and children should make us remember #llahand not bea source o" distraction

which distances us rom /im' That lesson - we will learn in this surah'

Allah will tell us how to et the thins which distract us o this worldl& lie. and think o them in

a wa& which will brin us closer to Allah+s remembrance'

Alhakumu attakathur

The =ilin u$ o worldl& thinsdierts &ou.

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It deluded you..

,hat did@ Al Takathur deluded &ou%distracted &ou'

Takathur- kathra - katheer Alot %$lenti"ulness.

Meanin7

% - The desire o" ha&ing alot- distracts you.

"i want more money, a better car, a bigger house".

' -(ompeting with othersin ettin alot'

'e' 5om$etin in wantin to et a better

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!ike in surah al Munai;un7

3 &ou who beliee. do not-,&()*+'%&%$#"! $ut [tulhikum]&our wealth and children "rom [#an]theremembrance o Allah'

[al Munai;un >?#]

Cou hae to usuall& Alwa&s sa& #An[rom]after this word o il-ha'

*ut Allah does not sa& #An in this a&ah ' $hy is this@

*& leain it o$en - it becomes (itla&) - #bsolute' Meanin#-'You figure it out yourself'.

Some scholars said itDistracted you "rom

- The truth'

- The ne who sent the truth #llah%od)

Cour worldl& aairs ke$t &ou awa& rom Allah'

- Looking into yoursel":"$hat am I doing in lie% $hat is my purpose%"Cou waste &our lie in

worldl& $ursuits. orettin what &our real $ur$ose is'

- $aying #ttention to this 0essage:t was su$$osed to ie &ou uidance in this lie'

- n surah al ari+ah7 This distraction distracted you "rom 1udgment Day:$re$arin or it'

=arallel between this Surah [at-Takathur] and +Aadi&at#

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1 - Allah sa&s in surah Aadi&at7

+.+ /01 23 4 ndeed mankind. to his !ord. is unrateul%unlo&al'

0.5& %&64 78And indeed. he is to that a witness'

0.93 :7- 6468#nd indeed he is2 in lo&e o" wealth2 intense.

[al Aadi&at 100# >-E]

Cour lo&e "or wealth is so intense- it distracts &ou'

a9-8amakshari - this$lentiness and desire ke$t &ou bus&'

To show o and to be proud o it and say $e have more, and others argue they have more, and

they compete to get more and more.

ash-Shawkani# the& show o o who has more o" money and children.

,hen il-ha is mentioned in surah Munai;un. /e mentions what distracts us rom Allah+s

remembrance7

!"#$%&%'&()*+,-3 &ou who beliee. do not $ut [tulhikum]your wealth and children"rom [#an]theremembrance o Allah'

[al Munai;un >?#]

So Allah is tellin us that wealth and children distract $eo$le in their com$etin'

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;;04 ? $ 7 24 @)AB B C"D;EF 7G9HI$J0K7L)M $N+O ?RS4>PQC@) 64 6TGnow that the lie o this world is but amusement and diersion and adornment and boastin to

one another andcompetition in increase o" wealth and children-like the eHam$le o a rainwhose [resultin] $lant rowth $leases the tillers7 then it dries and &ou see it turned &ellow7

then it becomes [scattered] debris' And in the /ereater is seere $unishment and orieness

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There were two armers. one had a better arden#

4+ %0D:*LINX)JQA; O O Y $0And he had ruit. so he said to his com$anion while he was conersin with him. "I am greaterthan you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."

[al Gah 1E#6]

Z:0DO O :072#;2And the& said. 3We are more 4than the belie&ers5 in wealth and children2 and we are not to be

punished.3

[Saba+ 6#F]

=eo$le hae alwa&s thouht that alot o wealth and man$ower [children] is a sin o strenth

and com$etition'

ash-Shawkani7 it distracted &ou but /e didn+t tell what distracted &ou' Kather /e made it

absolute because that makes it more elo;uent when shoutin and critici9in someone' *&

leain it o$en - what distracted &ou is o$en to &ou'

*& makin it remoed - it is eneral to the man& distractions' As is established in (ilm al bayan) -

the science o s$eech%elo;uence' (akathur distracted &ou rom eer&thin. rom the obedience

to Allah and rom workin towards the neHt lie'

A&ah 2#

5& ;XQI>2I

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)attazurtumualma&abir

4ntil &ou &isittheraes(i'e' till &ou die)'

I>6ur -9aara- *iyaara - go to meetsomeone'

n ancient arabic it also means to hu someone too'

A Tem$orar& isit'

6urtum - until &ou came to reet the raes'

,hen &ou meet someone - &ou are oin to be tem$oraril& with them' And this is wh& /e sa&s

this word or raes and not or =aradise or /ell [which $eo$le will sta& in oreer]' raes

howeer. are a tem$orar& location or beore the Da& o Kessurection'

[)# .D#2@)I JXDoesn+t he know when eer&thin in the raes will be u$turned'

[Aadi&at 100#?]

uboorwas used there or rae''

Ma;aabir is used now (because it is more closer related to 9i&aara - a isit)' This is theplural o

ma&bara- and a noun $reiHed with a Mapreiillustrates a =lace (makaan [a location]) the

rae is a $lace. which &ou will isit [*iyara]'

So &ou isit (*iyara) the ma;aabir - the raes' (because &ou will die and tem$oraril& remain

there. and ater that :udment Da& will bein)'

Another meanin7

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5om$etin in Kememberin /eroes b& Lisitin their raes

Some commented that there were tribes who would com$ete with eer&thin7 we have more

people than you, we have better weapons than you, and they would even say we have better

dead people who are buried than your people' The& would then $oint at the raes and sa& -

do you have someone like that person%"

i'e' !ike showin o about historical iures o their own'

Allah is tellin us7 you should go to the gra&es and remember where you are headed. So een

the raes which remind &ou o death. &ou com$ete in them or worldl& com$etition and $rideJ

Don+t &ou remember &our own death@J

,hich is wh& al-ha($ast tense) has been alluded to show that &ou are wastin &our time in

com$etin - when &ou should reall& be rememberin death b& rememberin that these heroes

hae died. that &ou don+t een beneit rom the dead as a reminder o &our own end'

ash-Shawkani# the& would isit the raes and the& would take heroic $ride in the $eo$le

buried in them'

A&ah and 6#

A&ah #

+#,;\]KallasawataAAlamoon

Not at allJ (*ut)eentuall&&ou willknow'

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A&ah 6#

+#,;\](hummaKallasawataAAlamoon

Aain.Not at allJ (*ut)eentuall&&ou willknow'

kal-laa- or sure' (literall no7 8ot at all)'

,hen &ou wake u$ on the Da& o Kessurection - &ou will be sa&in7 $hat have i done%

Some $eo$le - &ou tr& to hel$ them and remind them o death. but the& won+t listen to &ou'

Cou think the&+re ho$eless'

So Allah is sa&in -kal'laa ' No+ (hey will soon come to know.

This is ater the& hae been buried'

sa- soon

sawa - er& soon'

Ta9lamoon- Cou [all] will know.

Ali bin Abi Talib7 "eople are sleeping and when they die ' they wake up."

Man will onl& realise how the& wasted their lie awa&'

Some scholars said7

A&ah was about7 When you enter the gra&e. &ou will ind out the realit&'

A&ah 6 was7 the second time you come out o" the gra&es on 1udgment Day.

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The word (humma[Again+] adds takheem (heainess) to the irst a&ah'

A9-8amakhshari# this is a warnin. a beneit so the $eo$le wake u$ rom their distraction'

,hen a re$eat occurs - the warnin is more stronerand em$hasises urenc& in the situation'(i'e' sto$J Sto$J)

The ur+an is in the orm o a *ook. but the ur+an was bein reealed in s$eech - the ur+an

has more o an eect when &ou listen to it. een more than when &ou read it' ,ords are closer

to the heart'

This is wh& the com$anions said7

X#;,#] - sami#na wa atta#na(an-Noor 26#F1)- we /ear and obe&'

A&ah F#

7X7+#;]KallalawtaAAlamoonaAAilmaalyaeen

NoJ &ou onl&knew with knowledeo certaint&'''

al-la- no not at all'

Laww- eH$resses reret' I* &ou onl& knew'

9ilmal ya;een - knowledge o certainty'

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0.^: 7X7And indeed. it is the truth o certainty' [Surah al /a;;ah >?#F1]

ya;een-

Kahib sahani# &a;een is a kind o knowlede more than

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There are ) types o" ,a;een[5ertaint&]#

- 9Ilm al ya;een- certaint& based on knowledge''e' Seein smoke siniies a ire (een i wedon+t see a ire)' 3r wet rass is most likel& due to rain'

- 9#yn al ya;een- certaint& based on seeing''e' Seein the ire'

-

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KallalawtaAAlamoonaAAilmaalyaeen

NoJ &ou onl&knew with knowledeo certaint&'''

+ilm al ,a;eenreers to7

atadah - knowlede o death' 'e' Cour soul would want an answer to see what ha$$ens ater

death'

Ben $hiloso$hers and intellectuals wish their name lies on7 i'e' The& name buildins and

oranisations and monuments in their name - the human wants to lie oreer. een i it+s

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1aheem-0uhm - thestare o a lion when he is about to $ounce on his $re&' The stare makes the

animal $etriied%horriied - so it can+t moe'

Cou will see - the stare o the huntin hell'

La- used to res$ond to an oath' t is a &asam 'for ertainty.

the Lamand the # $oon'sare an em$hasis each ) emphasis9s in that ayah.

%urely, you will surely surelysee the bla*ing ire.

The a&ah could be like this7

la tarawwu al !aheem- surel& &ou will see hellire starin at &ou as i it is oin to $ounce at

&ou'

*ut this is how the Allah has said the a&ah7

latarawu$$a al !aheem- surely you will %urely %urelysee hellire starin at &ou as i it is oin

to $ounce at &ou'

+.3.*I !+ &5 %23I;OQ7McXThere is not one o &ou but will $ass oer it (/ell)7 this is with &our !ord7 a Decree which mustbe accom$lished'

@H3 0 X I 07; a 7)7MDdThen ,e will sae those who eared Allah and leae the wrondoers within it. on their knees'

[Surah Mar&am 1?# I1-I2]

Ben the belieers who will not o to hell - will see it - to be rateul to Allah that /e has saed

them rom that'

,ou will all see it.

Some sa& it is is s$eciicall& talkin about those who were distracted in this worldl& lie

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(mentioned in a&ah 1)'

The& will see it or sure'

A&ah I#

7X770(hummala taRawunnahaa #aynaal Yaeen

Then&ou shall most certainl& seeit with certaintyo sight

Thumma- not

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Thencertainl&&ouwill be asked- on that Da&- &ou will beinterroated thorouhl&about the

com"orts.

tus9aloona- youwill be asked or sure'

la tus+aloona - &ou will certainly be asked'

la tus+alun-na(with a shadda)- certainl& &ou will ertainly& ertainlybe asked'

Deinitel& - Allah is anr&. that is wh& /e has em$hasised times that &ou will be interroated

thorouhl& [tus#aloon]'

Allah+s Messener said7

e7 6Q 9,:= 7X .% * -laysa yuhasib yawm al &iyamah il'la halak-

There is none who is ;uestioned%taken to account on Kessurection Da& eHce$t [he] is

destro&ed'

n reards to na9eem

na9eem #07 - ni#mah(ni+am % an+um - $lural)'

Na+eem - has a a in it which means +eHtra continuous comorts+#

Cou will be asked because &ou were in a state o continuous blessin' $hat did you do with

them luuries%

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The =ro$het was starin with no ood. and Abu *akr and 4mar were also starin' So the&

went to another wealth& 5om$anions%sahabi+s house' So the& ae Salaam twice. and then

the& said it last third time' The door o$ened' The wie in the house told that the& wanted to

reciee Salaam rom Allah+s Messener three times'

So this com$anion ae them some ood and water' And Allah+s Messener told the com$anion

that he would be asked about this ood [i'e' us humans will be asked about our luHuries']

maine ourseles in com$arison to them' ,e hae alot more blessins (na+eem than the

com$anions o Allah+s Messener)'

The less we ha&e - the less we will be asked. The more you ha&e - the more you will be asked

on 1udgment Day.

And us Muslims hae sadl& started to com$ete with each other or blessins (na+eem)' we

hae more. we miht sa& alhamdulillah [the $raise is or Allah]. but we should ear that we will

be asked about the more we hae too'

$a'eem(with a ain it) - a constant blessing.5ontinuousood. water. abilit& to see. hear etc'

The *einnin o the Surah and it+s Kelation to its Bnd#

ash-Shawkani# the surah bean with the worldl& $ossessions(takathur) distracted &ou. and i

we remember theblessings will be a "orm o" ;uestioning - these blessings will be a means by

which we can get closer to #llah.

The na+eem were ien to us - so the& are Allah+s' The& will be taken awa& - we will isit the

ma;aabir%raes[in death]'

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The na#eem [comort] is also the7 ur+an and the Sunnah [wa&s] o the Messeners+' ,ewill

also be asked about what we did with that knowledgewe recieed rom the Messeners+'

atadah - Allah will ;uestion the $eo$le about e&ery blessingAllah has ien us'

bn Abi /atim# the ure o $lentiulness deluded us rom the obedience o Allahuntil we met

the raes. and no - we will soon ind out' onl& &ou had ound out. had &ou known when &ou

will come out o &our raes and come on Kessurection Da&. and &ou will see hell beore &our

e&es7 i &ou are a rihteous Muslim - &ou will be $ulled awa& rom it. buti &ou are a disbelieer

- &ou will all into it' Then &ou will be asked about &our blessins7the ood. drink. the balance o

&our creation (let. riht etc') een the slee$s (nawm) that &ou take'

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