Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
نار الله الموقدة
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
It shall be made into a vault over them,
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
Lo! it is closed in on them
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
In columns outstretched.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin
In outstretched columns.
في عمد ممددة