AL-HUMAZA (THE TRADUCER, THE GOSSIPMONGER)
Total Verses: 9
Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
104.001
YUSUFALI: Woe to every (kind of)
scandal-monger and-backbiter,
PICKTHAL: Woe unto every slandering
traducer,
SHAKIR: Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
104.002
YUSUFALI: Who pileth up wealth and layeth
it by,
PICKTHAL: Who hath gathered wealth (of this
world) and arranged it.
SHAKIR: Who amasses wealth and considers it
a provision (against mishap);
104.003
YUSUFALI: Thinking that his wealth would
make him last for ever!
PICKTHAL: He thinketh that his wealth will
render him immortal.
SHAKIR: He thinks that his wealth will make
him immortal.
104.004
YUSUFALI: By no means! He will be sure to
be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
PICKTHAL: Nay, but verily he will be flung
to the Consuming One.
SHAKIR: Nay! he shall most certainly be
hurled into the crushing disaster,
104.005
YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee
That which Breaks to Pieces?
PICKTHAL: Ah, what will convey unto thee
what the Consuming One is!
SHAKIR: And what will make you realize what
the crushing disaster is?
104.006
YUSUFALI: (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath
of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
PICKTHAL: (It is) the fire of Allah,
kindled,
SHAKIR: It is the fire kindled by Allah,
104.007
YUSUFALI: The which doth mount (Right) to
the Hearts:
PICKTHAL: Which leapeth up over the hearts
(of men).
SHAKIR: Which rises above the hearts.
104.008
YUSUFALI: It shall be made into a vault
over them,
PICKTHAL: Lo! it is closed in on them
SHAKIR: Surely it shall be closed over upon
them,
104.009
YUSUFALI: In columns outstretched.
PICKTHAL: In outstretched columns.
SHAKIR: In extended columns.