Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
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);
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
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,
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.
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?
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
The fire of Allah kindled,
نار الله الموقدة
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Which rises above the hearts.
Which leaps up over the hearts,
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
It shall be made into a vault over them,
In extended columns.
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).
في عمد ممددة
In columns outstretched.