This probably early Meccan Sura gives a warning acquisitiveness, i.e. The passion for piling up quantities or numbers, whether in the good things of this world, or in manpower or in other forms of megalomania, which leave no time or opportunity for pursuing the higher things of life.
C.282-(Verses 1 to 8)-Be not engrossed in things ephemeral, to the neglect of higher things in life. Life is but short, and Death will soon claim you. Oh that men would only learn, before it is too late, the serious issues of the higher life! They must taste the consequences of their neglect. For every good enjoyed they must in the Hereafter give a strict account.
102:1 SURA 102. Takathur, or Piling Up. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),
102:2 Until ye visit the graves.
102:3 But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).
102:4 Again, ye soon shall know!
102:5 Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)
102:6 Ye shall certainly see Hellfire!
102:7 Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!
102:8 Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about joy (ye indulged in!)
