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