In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
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,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
كَلَّا لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
The fire of Allah kindled,
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ
Which leaps up over the hearts,
Which rises above the hearts.
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).
In extended columns.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin
فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ