In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Chapter 104, 9 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
The fire of Allah kindled,
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
نار الله الموقدة
Which leaps up over the hearts,
Which rises above the hearts.
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).
In extended columns.
في عمد ممددة