Surah Al-Humazah (The Traducer)
Meccan · 9 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe unto every slandering traducer
104:1ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it
104:2يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal
104:3كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ
Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One
104:4وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is
104:5نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ
(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled
104:6ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ
Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men)
104:7إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ
Lo! it is closed in on them
104:8فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ
In outstretched columns
104:9
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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