Wai lul-li kulli hu mazatil-lumaza
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder!

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Wai lul-li kulli hu mazatil-lumaza
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder!
Al-lazi jama'a maalaw wa'addadah
[Woe unto him who amasses wealth and counts it a safeguard,
Yahsabu anna maalahu akhladah
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever!
Kalla layum ba zanna fil hutamah
Nay, but [in the life to come such as] he shall indeed be abandoned to crushing torment!
Wa maa adraaka mal-hutamah
And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be?
Narul laahil-mooqada
A fire kindled by God,
Al latee tat tali'u 'alalafidah
which will rise over the [guilty] hearts:
Innaha 'alaihim moosada
verily, it will close in upon them
Fee 'amadim-mu mad dadah
in endless columns!
English translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Use the interactive reader above for transliteration, recitation and verse controls.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍۢ لُّمَزَةٍ
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder!
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
[Woe unto him who amasses wealth and counts it a safeguard,
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever!
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ
Nay, but [in the life to come such as] he shall indeed be abandoned to crushing torment!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be?
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ
A fire kindled by God,
ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ
which will rise over the [guilty] hearts:
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌۭ
verily, it will close in upon them
فِى عَمَدٍۢ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ
in endless columns!