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الهمزة

104. Al-Humaza

The Traducer · Meccan · 9 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

104:1

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ ﴿١﴾

Waylun likulli humazatin lumazah

Woe unto every slandering traducer,

104:2

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ﴿٢﴾

Alladhī jamaʿa mālan waʿaddadah

Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.

104:3

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾

Yaḥsabu anna mālahu akhladah

He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

104:4

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ ﴿٤﴾

Kallā layunbadhanna fī al-ḥuṭamah

Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.

104:5

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ ﴿٥﴾

Wamā adrāka mā al-ḥuṭamah

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!

104:6

نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ ﴿٦﴾

Nāru Allāhi al-mūqadah

(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,

104:7

ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ ﴿٧﴾

Allatī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā al-afʾidah

Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).

104:8

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Innahā ʿalayhim muʾṣadah

Lo! it is closed in on them

104:9

فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ ﴿٩﴾

Fī ʿamadin mumaddadah

In outstretched columns.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.