Al Humaza
Chapter 104, 9 verses
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Shakir
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Arabic
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Yusuf Ali
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Pickthall
Shakir
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Yusuf Ali
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
Shakir
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Arabic
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Yusuf Ali
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Pickthall
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
Shakir
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Arabic
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
Yusuf Ali
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
Pickthall
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
Shakir
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
Arabic
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
Yusuf Ali
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Pickthall
Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
Shakir
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
Yusuf Ali
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
Shakir
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
Arabic
نار الله الموقدة
Yusuf Ali
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Pickthall
(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
Shakir
Which rises above the hearts.
Arabic
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Yusuf Ali
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Pickthall
Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
Shakir
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
Arabic
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Yusuf Ali
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Pickthall
Lo! it is closed in on them
Shakir
In extended columns.
Yusuf Ali
In columns outstretched.
Pickthall
In outstretched columns.