Text and meaning
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editبِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
1 Waylu l-likulli humazati l-lumazah(tin)
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
2 ’al ladhī jama‘a māla w-wa‘addadah(ū)
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ
3 Yaḥsabu ’anna mālahū ’akhladah(ū)
كَلَّا صلے لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ
4 Kallā, layunbadhanna fi l-ḥuṭamah(ti)
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
5 Wamā ’adrāka ma l-ḥuṭamah(tu)
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ
6 Nāru l-lāhi l-mūqadah(tu)
ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ
7 ’al latī taṭṭali‘u ‘ala l-’af’idah(ti)
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
8 ’innahā ‘alayhi m-mu’ṣadah(tun)
فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ
9 Fī ‘amadi m-mumaddadah(tin)
- Warsh from Nafiʽ al-Madani
بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ ص
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
وَيۡلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
1 Waylu l-likulli humazati l-lumazah(tin)
اِ۬لَّذِے جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
2 ’al ladhī jama‘a māla w-wa‘addadah(ū)
يَحۡسِبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ
3 Yaḥsibu ’anna mālahū ’akhladah(ū)
كَلَّا ص لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِے اِ۬لۡحُطَمَةِ ص
4 Kallā, layunbadhanna fi l-ḥuṭamah(ti)
وَمَآ أَدۡرٜيٰكَ مَا اَ۬لۡحُطَمَةُ ص
5 Wamā ’adrāka ma l-ḥuṭamah(tu)
نَارُ اَ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لۡمُوقَدَةُ
6 Nāru l-lāhi l-mūqadah(tu)
اَ۬لَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَے اَ۬لَافۡـِٔدَةِ ص
7 ’al latī taṭṭali‘u ‘ala laf’idah(ti)
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّوصَدَةٌ
8 ’innahā ‘alayhi m-mūṣadah(tun)
فِے عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ ص
9 Fī ‘amadi m-mumaddadah(tin)
Meanings
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Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
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Who has gathered wealth and counted it,
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He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!
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Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire
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And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?
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The fire of Allah, kindled,
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Which leaps up over the hearts,
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Verily, it shall be closed in on them,
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In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars, etc.).
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Woe to every scorner and mocker
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Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
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He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
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No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
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And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
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It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
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Which mounts directed at the hearts.
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Indeed, Hellfire will be closed down upon them
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In extended columns.
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Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,
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Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
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Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
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By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
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And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
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(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
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The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
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It shall be made into a vault over them,
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In columns outstretched.
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Woe unto every slandering traducer,
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Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
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He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
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Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
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Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
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(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
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Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
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Lo! it is closed in on them
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In outstretched columns.