Names
This surah is called Surat At-Takathur. [569] See: Al-Fayruzabadi: Basa?ir Dhawi At-Tamyiz, 1/540.
It is also called Surat Alhakum ut-takathur (Competition in worldly increase diverts you). [570] See: Tafsir ?Abd ar-Razzaq, 3/456; Sunan At-Tirmidhi, 5/447.
It was narrated that ?Abdullah ibn Ash-Shikhkhir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) when he was reciting? Alhakum ut-takathur (Competition in worldly increase diverts you)? [571] Narrated by Muslim, 2958.
Makki or Madani?
Surat At-Takathur is Makki; more than one of the commentators narrated that there was consensus regarding that. [572] Those who narrated that there was consensus regarding that include: Ibn ?Atiyyah, Ibn Al-Jawzi and Al-Qurtubi. See: Tafsir Ibn ?Atiyyah, 5/488; Tafsir Ibn Al-Jawzi, 4/485; Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, 20/186.
Objectives
The most important objectives of this surah include:
Prohibiting that which leads to punishment, and a reminder of the questioning that will take place on the Day of Resurrection. [573] Al-Biqa?i: Nazm Ad-Durar, 22/232, 233.
Topics?????
The most significant topics addressed in Surat At-Takathur include:
Prohibition on boasting and competing in worldly gain.
Urging people to accumulate provision for the hereafter by doing righteous deeds, and doing what will save them from punishment.
Affirmation that the Day of Resurrection is true, and that the reckoning is true, and that the requital for deeds is true.