Al-Humazah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

104:1

waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin

Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,

104:2

alladhī jamaʿa mālan waʿaddadahu

who amasses wealth ˹greedily˺ and counts it ˹repeatedly˺,

104:3

yaḥsabu anna mālahu akhladahu

thinking that their wealth will make them immortal!

104:4

kallā layunbadhanna fī l-ḥuṭamati

Not at all! Such a person will certainly be tossed into the Crusher.

104:5

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥuṭamatu

And what will make you realize what the Crusher is?

104:6

nāru l-lahi l-mūqadatu

˹It is˺ Allah’s kindled Fire,

104:7

allatī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā l-afidati

which rages over the hearts.

104:8

innahā ʿalayhim mu'ṣadatun

It will be sealed over them,

104:9

fī ʿamadin mumaddadatin

˹tightly secured˺ with long braces.