Surah Al-Humaza - English Translation by Abdel Haleem
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every fault-finding backbiter
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 1
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
who amasses riches, counting them over
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 2
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ
thinking they will make him live for ever
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 3
كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ
No indeed! He will be thrust into the Crusher
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 4
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ
What will explain to you what the Crusher is
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 5
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ
It is God’s Fire, made to blaze
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 6
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ
which rises over people’s hearts
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 7
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ
It closes in on them
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 8
فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ
in towering columns
Surah Al-Humaza, Verse 9