About the Surah
Surah Title : التكاثر
English Title : At-Takathur
Order in Al-Mushaf : 102
Number of Verses : 8
Type : makkah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 600 To Page 600
At-Takathur
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
3Not at all (i.e. neither the accumulation of worldly things is worth boasting nor is the Hereafter worth ignoring). You shall soon come to know! (at the time of death or in Barzakh).
3The reason for descending the verse
Muqatil and Al-Kalbi said, “This Surah was revealed about two clans of Quraysh; Banu 'Abd Manaf and Banu Sahm. The two clans heaped abuses on each other and this led them to count the respective chiefs and leaders of each clan in order to see which one of them had more. Banu 'Abd Manaf said, 'We have more leaders, chiefs, and members!' Banu Sahm said the same thing. When it appeared that Banu 'Abd Manaf had more members, they said, 'Let us also count the dead among us'. They visited the graveyards and counted the dead, and concluded that Banu Sahm were greater in number, for they were greater in number in the pre-Islamic period.”(Al-Wahidi,Reasons of Revelation)
