Al Humaza
Chapter 104, 9 verses
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Yusuf Ali
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Arabic
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Shakir
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yusuf Ali
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Shakir
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
Yusuf Ali
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Arabic
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Shakir
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
Yusuf Ali
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
Arabic
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
Shakir
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
Yusuf Ali
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Arabic
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
Shakir
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.
Yusuf Ali
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
Shakir
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
Yusuf Ali
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Arabic
نار الله الموقدة
Shakir
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The fire of Allah kindled,
Yusuf Ali
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Arabic
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Shakir
Which rises above the hearts.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Which leaps up over the hearts,
Yusuf Ali
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Arabic
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Shakir
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
Yusuf Ali
In columns outstretched.
Shakir
In extended columns.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).