Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
نار الله الموقدة
It is the fire of Allah, [eternally] fueled,
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
It shall be made into a vault over them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Indeed, Hellfire will be closed down upon them
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
In columns outstretched.
في عمد ممددة
In extended columns.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin