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
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
Chapter 104, 9 verses
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
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
The fire of Allah kindled,
نار الله الموقدة
(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
Which leaps up over the hearts,
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Lo! it is closed in on them
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).
في عمد ممددة
In outstretched columns.