Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
نار الله الموقدة
It is the fire of Allah, [eternally] fueled,
Which rises above the hearts.
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
It shall be made into a vault over them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Indeed, Hellfire will be closed down upon them
In extended columns.
In columns outstretched.
في عمد ممددة
In extended columns.