Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
نار الله الموقدة
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
Which rises above the hearts.
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
It shall be made into a vault over them,
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
In extended columns.
في عمد ممددة
In columns outstretched.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin