Tafsir al-Tustari at-Takathur التَّكَاثُر (Rivalry in World Increase, Competition, Worldly Gain) 8 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
Abdel Haleem
Striving for more distracts yo
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
Abdel Haleem
until you go into your graves
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! You will come to know
Sahl al-Tustari

Nay indeed! You will come to know.Sahl said:The one who turned away from Me shall come to know that he will not find any like Me. Then he cited the following verse [in the wāfir metre]:You�ll remember Me if you try out someone other than Me,And you will realise I was for you a treasure.His words, Exalted is He:

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! In the end you will come to know
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! If only you knew for certain
Sahl al-Tustari

No indeed! If you were to know with certainty,Certainty (yaqīn) is the fire, affirmation on the tongue is the wick (fatīla) and the deed is its oil (zayt). Certainty begins with unveiling (mukāshafa), then [comes] visual beholding (muʿāyana) and witnessing (mushāhada).His words, Exalted is He:

لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ
Abdel Haleem
You will most definitely see Hellfire
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ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ
Abdel Haleem
you will see it with the eye of certainty
Sahl al-Tustari

You will certainly see it with the eye of certainty (ʿayn al-yaqīn).He said:The eye of certainty (ʿayn al-yaqīn) is not an aspect of certainty, but it denotes the thing itself and its entirety (kulliyya).

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ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Abdel Haleem
On that Day, you will be asked about your pleasures
Sahl al-Tustari

Then on that Day you will assuredly be questioned about the comforts [of the world].He said:Not an hour of the night or day passes by the jinn and men among creation that does not contain a right (ḥaqq) which God holds over them, and which it is incumbent on them [to fulfil], whether they know it or are ignorant of it. And He ascertains their states on the Day of Resurrection.Then he [Sahl] recited: Then on that Day you will assuredly be questioned about the comforts [of the world].His words, Exalted is He:

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