وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ ١
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
104:2
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ ٢
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
104:3
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ ٣
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
104:4
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ ٤
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
104:5
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ ٥
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
104:6
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ ٦
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
104:7
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ ٧
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
104:8
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ ٨
It shall be made into a vault over them,
104:9
فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ ٩
In columns outstretched.