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427 about his moral death. So it is not unqualified rivalry and vying with one another that is condemned here. On the contrary, believers have been exhorted in the Qur’an to endeavour to outstrip one another in doing good (2: 149 & 35: 32). It is the blind craze for worldly things, to the detriment of higher values, to which exception has been taken in this verse. . x ξ ā ™ y θ ô ’ š ? s è ÷ = n ϑ ß θ β t ∪ ∩ [ 102:4] Nay! you will soon come to know. § Ν è O ā ξ x. t ∃ ô θ y ™ t βθ ß ϑ n = ÷ è s ? ∩∪ [102:5] Nay again! you will soon come to know. Commentary Repetition of the verse is intended to add emphasis to and render more effective the warning contained in the S u rah. Or the S u rah may refer to the Nemesis that will come in the wake of blind engrossment in the acquisition of worldly things in this life and in the Hereafter. S u rah at-Tak a thur, Chapter 102