Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts 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 immortal.
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,
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
It is the fire of Allah, [eternally] fueled,
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
Which rises above the hearts.
It shall be made into a vault over them,
Indeed, Hellfire will be closed down upon them
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
In columns outstretched.
In extended columns.
In extended columns.