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SURAH AT-TAKATHUR (THE MULTIPLICATION OF WEALTH)
This surah has 8 verses and it was revealed in Mecca. The Holy Prophet (S) said that whoever recites this surah before going to sleep at night will be saved from the torments of the grave. If this surah is recited in wajib prayers, the reciter will get the reward of a hundred martyrs. If recited in the nawafil prayers, he will get the reward of fifty martyrs.
It is especially recommended to recite surah at-Takathur in the ‘Asr prayers and the person who does this remains under the protection of Allah until the day ends. Recitation of this surah is a cure from headaches. Another way of reciting salaat al-Wahshat (apart from the commonly known way) is to recite Ayahul Kursi once and surah al-Ikhlas twice after the al-Hamd of the first rak’aat and then recite surah at-Takaathur ten times after the al-Hamd of the second rak’aat.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
اَلْهٰٮكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُۙ(1)
(1) Abundance diverts you,
حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَؕ(2)
(2) Until you come to the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَۙ(3)
(3) Nay! you shall soon know,
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَؕ(4)
(4) Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِيْنِؕ(5)
(5) Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيْمَۙ(6)
(6) You should most certainly have seen the hell;
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِيْنِۙ(7)
(7) Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيْمِ(8)
(8) Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.