Surah Al-Humazah

Translation: Abdul Mannan Omar. Open a verse to compare translations and read its commentary.

1. 1 وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ Disaster is (decreed) for every slanderer, defamer,
2. 2 الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ Who amasses wealth (instead of spending it for the good of humanity), counts it over and over and depends upon it as a safeguard (against his future possible hardships).
3. 3 يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
4. 4 كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ No, never! he shall surely be cast into the crushing torment (of Hell).
5. 5 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ And what should make you know what the crushing torment is?
6. 6 نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ (It is) the Fire set ablaze by Allâh,
7. 7 الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ And which rises over (the feelings of) the hearts (- the origin of a man´s hell).
8. 8 إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ It (- Fire) will be closed in on them (so as not to let them escape from it and also increase for them the torture of heat).
9. 9 فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ (The flames of the Fire will rise) in (the form of) huge outstretched columns.