Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and backbiter,
1وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
2الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
3يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Consumes to Pieces.
4كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
And what will explain to thee That which Consumes to Pieces?
5وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
6نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
The which doth mount (right) to the Hearts:
7الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
It shall be made into a vault over them,
8إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
In columns outstretched.
9فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ