وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ 1
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ 2
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ 3
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ 4
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ 5
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ 7
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ 8
It shall be made into a vault over them,
In columns outstretched.