The Traducer · Meccan · 9 verses · Revelation order 32
The Surah takes its name from the word humazah occurring in the first verse.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَيۡلࣱ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةࣲ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Woe to every fault-finding back-biter
Woe unto every slanderer, fault-finder! (He himself does little but spends a lot of energy detracting the doers)
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالࣰ ا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
who amasses wealth, counting it over
Whose efforts revolve around gathering material possessions and counting them. (Devoid of a higher goal, he opposes any semblance of reform)
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever
Thinking as if his wealth will help him for forever
كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
By no means! He shall surely be cast into the crushing torment
Nay, he will be flung into the Shredder
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
Would that you understood what that crushing torment is like
Ah, what will convey to you what the Shredder is
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ
It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
It is a Fire kindled by God
A Fire kindled by Allah
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
Reaching right into the hearts of men
Which originates in the hearts. (And engulfs the hearts)
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةࣱ
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
it closes in on them from every side
Verily, it closes upon them. (As they had kept their possessions closed in safes and vaults, and kept all kindness surrounded in the flames of jealousy)
فِي عَمَدࣲ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ
In extended columns.
in towering columns
In extended columns