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,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
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,
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?
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
نار الله الموقدة
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Which rises above the hearts.
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
It shall be made into a vault over them,
In extended columns.
في عمد ممددة
In columns outstretched.