| وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ (1) Woe to every backbiter and slanderer |
| الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ (2) who amasses wealth and counts it over and again |
| يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ (3) thinking that his wealth will make him live forever |
| كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ (4) No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crushing Fire |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ (5) and how do you know what the Crushing Fire is |
| نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ (6) It is the kindled Fire of Allah |
| الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ (7) which reaches the hearts |
| إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ (8) It will be closed down upon them |
| فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ (9) locked with towering columns |