Chapter 104, 9 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Which rises above the hearts.
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ
In columns outstretched.
In extended columns.