وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder!
The Backbiter · al-Humazah · سورة الهمزة · 9 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace:
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
[Woe unto him who amasses wealth and counts it a safeguard,
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever!
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
Nay, but [in the life to come such as] he shall indeed be abandoned to crushing torment!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be?
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
A fire kindled by God,
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
which will rise over the [guilty] hearts:
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ
verily, it will close in upon them
فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ
in endless columns!