Chapter 104, 9 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
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,
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
Which rises above the hearts.
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
It shall be made into a vault over them,
فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ
In extended columns.
In columns outstretched.