Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
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,
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Which rises above the hearts.
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
In columns outstretched.
In extended columns.
فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ