104 : 1

وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ

Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,

104 : 2

الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ

Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,

104 : 3

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ

Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!

104 : 4

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ

By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,

104 : 5

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ

And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?

104 : 6

نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ

(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),

104 : 7

الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ

The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:

104 : 8

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

It shall be made into a vault over them,

104 : 9

فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ

In columns outstretched.