ONE AYAT A DAY

Surah Al-Humazah — The Slanderer

Surah 104 · 9 ayahs · Meccan

Ayah 1

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍۙ

Wailul likulli humazatil-lumazah(tin).

Woe to every scorner and mocker

Ayah 2

ۨالَّذِيْ جَمَعَ مَالًا وَّعَدَّدَهٗۙ

Allażī jama‘a mālaw wa ‘addadah(ū).

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

Ayah 3

يَحْسَبُ اَنَّ مَالَهٗٓ اَخْلَدَهٗۚ

Yaḥsabu anna mālahū akhladah(ū).

He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

Ayah 4

كَلَّا لَيُنْۢبَذَنَّ فِى الْحُطَمَةِۖ

Kallā layumbażanna fil-ḥuṭamah(ti).

No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.

Ayah 5

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ ۗ

Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥuṭamah(tu).

And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

Ayah 6

نَارُ اللّٰهِ الْمُوْقَدَةُۙ

Nārullāhil-mūqadah(tu).

It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

Ayah 7

الَّتِيْ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْاَفْـِٕدَةِۗ

Allatī taṭṭali‘u ‘alal-af'idah(ti).

Which mounts directed at the hearts.

Ayah 8

اِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۙ

Innahā ‘alaihim mu'ṣadah(tun).

Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

Ayah 9

فِيْ عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ ࣖ

Fī ‘amadim mumaddadah(tin).

In extended columns.