Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
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,
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
It is the fire of Allah, [eternally] fueled,
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Which rises above the hearts.
Indeed, Hellfire will be closed down upon them
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
In extended columns.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin
In columns outstretched.
In extended columns.