بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ1
Woe to every fault-finding backbiter
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ2
who amasses riches, counting them over
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ3
thinking they will make him live for ever
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ4
No indeed! He will be thrust into the Crusher
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ5
What will explain to you what the Crusher is
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ6
It is God’s Fire, made to blaze
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ7
which rises over people’s hearts
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ8
It closes in on them
فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ9
in towering columns