Al-Humazah
The Slanderer
Surah 104 · Meccan · 9 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١
Waylul likulli humazatil lumazah.
Woe to every scorner and mocker
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢
Al-ladhī jamaʿa mālaw wa ʿaddadah.
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.1
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- Rather than spending in the way of Allāh.
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣
Yaḥsabu anna mālahū akhladah.
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
كـَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤
Kallā, layunbadhanna fil-ḥuṭamah.
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.1
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- i.e., Hellfire, which crushes and destroys all that enters it.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥
Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥuṭamah.
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦
Nārullāhil-mūqadah.
It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧
Al-latī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalal-afʾidah.
Which mounts directed at the hearts.1
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- Covering them and penetrating them.
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨
Innahā ʿalayhim muʾṣadah.
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩
Fī ʿamadim mumaddadah.
In extended columns.1
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- Interpreted to be either columns of fire or columns of iron to which are chained the inmates of Hell.