التَّكَاثُرُ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – التَّكَاثُرُ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
التَّكَاثُرُ is the natural state of a definite noun and it is in this state ( مَرْفُوْعٌ) when the noun is: 1) the subject المُبْتَدَأُ or 2) the predicate الخَبَرُ or 3) اسْمُ كَانَ or 4) خَبَرُ إِنَّ or 5) الفَاعِلُ subject of a verb in the active voice or 6) نَائِبُ الفَاعِلِ subject of a verb in the passive voice or 7) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
The act of multiplying, rivalry, vying in respect of (riches), emulous desire of abundance, vying with one another to excel in multiplying of worldly possessions
To surpass in number or quantity, increase, multiply, happen often, to be much, many, numerous
| Grammatical analysis of التَّكَاثُرُ |
| اسْمٌ مَرْفُوْعٌ بِالضَّمَّةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | ك ث ر | بَاب تَفَاعُلٌ | تَكَاثَرَ يَتَكَاثَرُ | تَفَاعُلٌ | اسْمٌ | الْمَصْدَرُ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Nominative | Root | the accumulating | Form 6 | Pattern | Noun | Verbal noun |
| competing for more and more | تَفَاعَلَ يَتَفَاعَلُ | ||||||||
| to vie in quantity | |||||||||
| seeking increase in wealth | اسْمٌ مَرْفُوْعٌ بِالضَّمَّةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ | ||||||||
| increase in position, influence | |||||||||
| increase in power, comfort | |||||||||
| to be obsessed by greed for more |
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the derived, form 6, verbal noun | التَّكَاثُرُ |
| Verse | ||
| 102-1 | The mutual desire for piling up (abundance) distracts you | أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ |