Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
كَلَّا لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ
Which rises above the hearts.
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
It shall be made into a vault over them,
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
In extended columns.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin
In columns outstretched.
فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ