Surah 102:At-Takathur (Worldly Competition) Introduction
- 15 years ago
*Name
The Surah taken its name from the word at takathur in the first verse.
*Introduction
This probably early Makkan Surah gives a warning against acquisitiveness, i.e., the passion for piling up quantities or numbers, whether in the good things of this world, or in manpower or in other forms of megalomania, which leave no time or opportunity for pursuing the higher things of life.
*Theme and Subject Matter
People have been warned of the evil consequences of world worship because of which they spend their lives in acquiring more and more of worldly wealth, material benefits and pleasures, and position and power, till death, and in vying with one another and bragging and boasting about their acquisitions.
*More Introduction and in-depth of this Surah:
http://www.alquran-english.com/102-at-takaathur-introduction/
*Read with Tafsir(explanation of verses)
http://www.quran.com/102
The Surah taken its name from the word at takathur in the first verse.
*Introduction
This probably early Makkan Surah gives a warning against acquisitiveness, i.e., the passion for piling up quantities or numbers, whether in the good things of this world, or in manpower or in other forms of megalomania, which leave no time or opportunity for pursuing the higher things of life.
*Theme and Subject Matter
People have been warned of the evil consequences of world worship because of which they spend their lives in acquiring more and more of worldly wealth, material benefits and pleasures, and position and power, till death, and in vying with one another and bragging and boasting about their acquisitions.
*More Introduction and in-depth of this Surah:
http://www.alquran-english.com/102-at-takaathur-introduction/
*Read with Tafsir(explanation of verses)
http://www.quran.com/102