Transliteration:( Kalla sawfa ta'lamoon )
4. When punishments like famine, etc. will be inflicted upon you, or when believers would be given victory over you, then you will accept Islam at any event. It would be better for you if you can accept Islam willingly today so that you can be elevated to a great status. Or, accepting faith at the time of death on seeing the angels of punishment. But acceptance of that time will not help you in any way.
The tafsir of Surah Takathur verse 3 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Takathur ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 8.
(102:3) Nay, you will soon come to know;[3]
3. That is, you are under the delusion that the abundance of the worldly goods and surpassing others in it is real progress and success, whereas the opposite is the case. Soon you will know its evil end and you will realize that it was a stupendous error in which you remained involved throughout your life. Soon may mean the Hereafter. That is, for the Being Whose sight comprehends all ages, from eternity to eternity, a few thousand years or a few hundred thousand years can only be a short span of the eternal time. Soon it can also mean death, for death is not very far away from any man, and soon after death man will come to know whether the occupations which engaged him throughout life were a means of good fortune and success for him, or of misfortune and failure.
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