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Surah 104 · 9 ayat

Al-Humaza

The Traducer

الهمزة

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

104:1

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ

MeaningWoe unto every slandering traducer,

104:2

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

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

104:3

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ

MeaningHe thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

104:4

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ

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

104:5

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ

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

104:6

نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ

Meaning(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,

104:7

ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ

MeaningWhich leapeth up over the hearts (of men).

104:8

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

MeaningLo! it is closed in on them

104:9

فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ

MeaningIn outstretched columns.

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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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