English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Mutual rivalry in seeking worldly increase diverts you from God
English - Five Volume Translation
Mutual rivalry in seeking worldly increase, diverts you from God
Important Words:
التکاثر (mutual rivalry in worldly increase) is derived from کثر i.e. it was or became much, abundant, copious, great in number; it multiplied; it accumulated. تکاثروا means, they contended, one with another, for superiority in numbers. التکاثرmeans, contending with one another for superiority in numbers or property, children and men. تکاثرت أمواله means, his riches multiplied by degrees (Lane).
Commentary:
Acquisitiveness and man’s inordinate desire to outstrip others in wealth, position and prestige lies at the root of all human troubles and the neglect of the higher values of life. It is man’s great misfortune that his passion for acquiring worldly things knows no limit and leaves him no time to think of God or the Hereafter. He remains entirely engrossed in these things till death comes upon him.
Against general practice, the verb الھا has not been followed by the preposition عن in this verse. This enlarges the meaning of the verb, covering, as it does, all the things that are calculated to divert man’s attention from God and not from any particular thing or object.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Mutual rivalry in seeking increase in worldly possessions diverts you from God,
Acquisitiveness and man’s inordinate desire to outstrip others in wealth, position and prestige lie at the root of all human troubles and of the neglect of higher values of life. It is man’s great misfortune that his passion for acquiring worldly things knows no limit and leaves him no time to think of God or the Hereafter. He remains entirely engrossed in these things till death comes upon him, and then he finds that he had wasted his precious life in idle pursuits.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
تمہیں غافل کردیا ایک دوسرے سے بڑھ جانے کی دوڑ نے۔
French
Les rivalités mutuelles dans la recherche de l’augmentation des biens vous ont rendus oublieux,
German
Der Wettstreit um die Mehrung lenkt euch ab,
Chinese
(追求增益名利的) 互相竞争使你们疏忽了 (对安拉的方向),
贪婪及在财富、地位和名望方面想超越他人的过分俗望是人世一切烦恼和忽视追求更高人生价值的根源。人的大不幸是: 要求世俗的东西的欲望没有止境, 以致他没有工夫想到安拉或想到后世的事。他全神贯注于世俗的东西, 直至死亡降临时才发现已把他宝贵的一生浪费在毫无意义的追求中。
Italian
Il gareggiare l'un con l'altro nell'ammassare ricchezze mondane vi ha reso noncuranti di Dio,
Spanish
La mutua competición por amasar riqueza os ha distraído,
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
تم کو ایک دُوسرے سے بڑھنے کی خواہش نے غفلت میں ڈال دیا (اور تم اسی طرح غافل رہو گے)
اس آیت میں اس طرف اشارہ ہے کہ کفار میں نیکیاں تو نہیں تھیں مگر وہ کسی نہ کسی فریب کے ذریعہ سے مسلمانوں سے بڑھنا چاہتے تھے اور اس کا نتیجہ یہ ہوتا تھا کہ وہ اپنے تصنع والے اعمال کو اصلی اعمال سمجھ لیتے تھے اور دین کی روح سے غافل ہو جاتے تھے۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
تم لوگوں کو زیادہ سے زیادہ اور ایک دوسرے سے بڑھ کر دنیا حاصل کرنے کی دھن نے غفلت میں ڈال رکھا ہے
English - Sahih
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
English - Talal Itani
Diverts you the competition to increase
English - Arberry
Gross rivalry diverts you,
English - Maududi
The craving for ever-greater worldly gains and to excel others in that regard keeps you occupied
English - Ahmed Ali
THE AVARICE OF plenitude keeps you occupied
English - Yusuf Ali
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
English - Five Volume Commentary *
Cross Refs: b
24:38; 48:12; 62:10.
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Important Words:
التکاثر (mutual rivalry in worldly increase) is derived from کثر i.e. it was or became much, abundant, copious, great in number; it multiplied; it accumulated. تکاثروا means, they contended, one with another, for superiority in numbers. التکاثرmeans, contending with one another for superiority in numbers or property, children and men. تکاثرت أمواله means, his riches multiplied by degrees (Lane).
Commentary:
Acquisitiveness and man’s inordinate desire to outstrip others in wealth, position and prestige lies at the root of all human troubles and the neglect of the higher values of life. It is man’s great misfortune that his passion for acquiring worldly things knows no limit and leaves him no time to think of God or the Hereafter. He remains entirely engrossed in these things till death comes upon him.
Against general practice, the verb الھا has not been followed by the preposition عن in this verse. This enlarges the meaning of the verb, covering, as it does, all the things that are calculated to divert man’s attention from God and not from any particular thing or object.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
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Acquisitiveness and man’s inordinate desire to outstrip others in wealth, position and prestige lie at the root of all human troubles and of the neglect of higher values of life. It is man’s great misfortune that his passion for acquiring worldly things knows no limit and leaves him no time to think of God or the Hereafter. He remains entirely engrossed in these things till death comes upon him, and then he finds that he had wasted his precious life in idle pursuits.
English - Pickthall
Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
English - Muhammad Ali ra
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
The desire of increase in worldly possessions beguiles you