Al-Humazah

The Slanderer

Surah 104 · Meccan · 9 ayahs

الهمزة

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١

    Waylul likulli humazatil lumazah.

    Woe to every scorner and mocker

  2. ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢

    Al-ladhī jamaʿa mālaw wa ʿaddadah.

    Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Rather than spending in the way of Allāh.
  3. يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣

    Yaḥsabu anna mālahū akhladah.

    He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

  4. كـَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤

    Kallā, layunbadhanna fil-ḥuṭamah.

    No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., Hellfire, which crushes and destroys all that enters it.
  5. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥

    Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥuṭamah.

    And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

  6. نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦

    Nārullāhil-mūqadah.

    It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

  7. ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧

    Al-latī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalal-afʾidah.

    Which mounts directed at the hearts.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Covering them and penetrating them.
  8. إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨

    Innahā ʿalayhim muʾṣadah.

    Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

  9. فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩

    Fī ʿamadim mumaddadah.

    In extended columns.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Interpreted to be either columns of fire or columns of iron to which are chained the inmates of Hell.