1.
وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
Wai lul-li kulli hu mazatil-lumaza
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,
2.
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
Al-lazi jama'a maalaw wa'addadah
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
3.
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
Yahsabu anna maalahu akhladah
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
4.
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
Kalla layum ba zanna fil hutamah
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
5.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
Wa maa adraaka mal-hutamah
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
6.
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
Narul laahil-mooqada
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
7.
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
Al latee tat tali'u 'alalafidah
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
8.
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ
Innaha 'alaihim moosada
It shall be made into a vault over them,
9.
فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ
Fee 'amadim-mu mad dadah
In columns outstretched.
