Surah Al-Humazah ( The Slanderer )

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Surah Al-Humazah ( The Slanderer ) - Aya count 9

وَيْلٌۭ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍۢ لُّمَزَةٍ ﴿١﴾

Woe to every slanderer and backbiter

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ﴿٢﴾

who collects and hordes wealth,

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾

thinking that his property will make him live forever.

كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ ﴿٤﴾

By no means! They will be thrown into hutamah.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ ﴿٥﴾

Would that you knew what hutamah is!

نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ ﴿٦﴾

It is a fierce fire created by God

ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ ﴿٧﴾

to penetrate into the hearts.

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

It will engulf them.

فِى عَمَدٍۢ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ ﴿٩﴾

in its long columns of flames.