سورة التّکاثُر
Surah Al-Takâthur 102:5
The Vying of One Another · Verse 5 of 8
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
Abdul Mannan Omar
No, never! if you only knew the consequences thereof with sure and certain knowledge
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
Ahmed Ali
And yet if you knew with positive knowledge
12 more translations
Ali Unal
No indeed! If only you knew with certainty of knowledge (then you would not disorder priorities).
Daryabadi
Lo! would that ye knew now with the surety of knowledge!
Faridul Haque
Yes certainly, if you had believed with certainty, you would not have craved for wealth.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, would that you knew with a certain knowledge!
Maulvi Sher Ali
Nay ! if you only knew with certain knowledge;
Muhammad Asad
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,
Muhammad Musin Khan
Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have occupied yourselves in worldly things)
Muhammad Pickthall
Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
Muhammad Sarwar
You will certainly have the knowledge of your deeds beyond all doubt.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Rashad Khalifa
If only you could find out for certain.
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, only if you could have certain knowledge.
Commentary 102:3-5 Repetition of the words “you shall come to know in time” thrice adds emphasis to the warnings contained in the chapter. This verse and the following…
On 102:3–5
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣﴾ ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ
102:3-5 Repetition of the words “you shall come to know in time” thrice adds emphasis to the warnings contained in the chapter. This verse and the following verses group “Certainty” (الْيَقِينِ) into three degrees: ‘Ilm al-Yaqîn – (عِلْمَالْيَقِينِ) certainty by inference; ‘Ain al-Yaqîn certainty by sight and Haqq al-Yaqîn certainty by realization. On receiving punishment in this life a person can, by inference, attain to a certainty of the existence of hell in the Hereafter. The punishment of the grave or Barzakh is the certainty by sight. However, a perfect “Certainty” will come by a perfect manifestation of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. When we read the Holy Qur’ân we come to know of two states after death. The first state is the state of the grave or Barzakh. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have said, One who dies, his Resurrection takes place there and then. At another place the saying is, “The grave or Barzakh is a Garden from among the Gardens of Paradise or it is a ditch from the ditches of Hell”. The soul is given a sort of physical body to reap the fruit of his actions. This body is prepared for him out of the nature of the deeds he has performed in this life. Beyond the state of the grave is the time that is called Resurrection, which is prescribed for the full manifestation of Divine Attributes.