Quran glossary · draft

تَكَاثُر

rivalry for abundance

The Form VI event noun presents participants as measuring themselves against one another through multiplied possessions and descendants.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: كثر

Lemmas: تكاثر

Forms: تَكَاثُرٌ · تَّكَاثُرُ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

57:20

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمًا وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ

102:1

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 167 family occurrences were reviewed across two pages. Two protected occurrences remain untouched. Quran 4:7 directly opposes the Form I state to being little, while majority, comparison, causation, accumulation, rivalry, adjective, and intensive-gift contexts preserve one abundance core. Every canonical, branch, and rule rendering is singular.