104. Al-Humazaالهمزة

The Traducer · Meccan · 9 ayahs · 1 ruku

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

وَیْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةِ ۟ۙوَيۡلٌ لِّـكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةِ

Woe to every fault-finding back-biter,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

١لَّذِیْ جَمَعَ مَالًا وَّعَدَّدَهٗ ۟ۙاۨلَّذِىۡ جَمَعَ مَالًا وَّعَدَّدَهٗ

who amasses wealth, counting it over,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

یَحْسَبُ اَنَّ مَالَهٗۤ اَخْلَدَهٗ ۟ۚيَحۡسَبُ اَنَّ مَالَهٗۤ اَخۡلَدَهٗ‌

thinking that his wealth will make him live forever.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

كَلَّا لَیُنْۢبَذَنَّ فِی الْحُطَمَةِ ۟ؗۖكَلَّا‌ لَيُنۡۢبَذَنَّ فِى الۡحُطَمَةِ

By no means! He shall surely be cast into the crushing torment.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ ۟ؕوَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡحُطَمَةُ

Would that you understood what that crushing torment is like.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

نَارُ اللّٰهِ الْمُوْقَدَةُ ۟ۙنَارُ اللّٰهِ الۡمُوۡقَدَةُ

It is a Fire kindled by God.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

الَّتِیْ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَی الْاَفْـِٕدَةِ ۟ؕالَّتِىۡ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الۡاَفۡــئِدَةِ

Reaching right into the hearts of men,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

اِنَّهَا عَلَیْهِمْ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ۟ۙاِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌ

it closes in on them from every side

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فِیْ عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ ۟۠فِىۡ عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ

in towering columns.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

Tafseer of 104:1–9

If a man has a difference with another, he can settle it by argument. But it is not proper for him to denigrate the other person, defame him and make him the target of allegations. While the first course of action is legitimate, the second is not.

Those who resort to calumny, do so because they see that their worldly position is safe and strong. They think that they are not going to lose anything if they level baseless allegations against another. But this is mere foolishness. The fact is that their doing so amounts to jumping into a pit of fire—a pit of fire from which there will be no escape.