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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
The fire of Allah kindled,
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Which rises above the hearts.
Which leaps up over the hearts,
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
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).
In columns outstretched.