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Meccan · 9 Verses · Page 601 · Juz 30
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1
وَيۡلࣱ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةࣲ لُّمَزَةٍ ١
Woe to every backbiter and slanderer,
2
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالࣰا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢
who amasses wealth and counts it over and again[1],
Footnotes
[1] Instead of spending in the way of Allah.
3
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever.
4
كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤
No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crushing Fire[2],
Footnotes
[2] i.e., Hellfire, as it crushes and destroys all that is thrown in it.
5
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥
and how do you know what the Crushing Fire is?
6
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦
It is the kindled Fire of Allah,
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ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧
which reaches the hearts[3].
Footnotes
[3] Penetrating through bodies and reaching the hearts.
8
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةࣱ ٨
It will be closed down upon them,
9
فِي عَمَدࣲ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩
locked with towering columns[4].
Footnotes
[4] i.e., columns of fire or columns of iron to which the inmates of Hell are chained.