Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
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,
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
نار الله الموقدة
(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Which rises above the hearts.
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Lo! it is closed in on them
In columns outstretched.
In extended columns.
في عمد ممددة
In outstretched columns.