Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
The fire of Allah kindled,
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Which leaps up over the hearts,
Which rises above the hearts.
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Verily, it shall be closed upon them,
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
In columns outstretched.
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars).
In extended columns.