Surah Al-Humazah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 104:1 ▶

   وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ ﴿١﴾

   waylul likulli humazatil lumazah

   Woe to every scorner and mocker

2. 104:2 ▶

   ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ﴿٢﴾

   alladhī jamaʿa mālaw waʿaddadah

   Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

   Rather than spending in the way of Allāh.

3. 104:3 ▶

   يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾

   yaḥsabu 'anna mālahū 'akhladah

   He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

4. 104:4 ▶

   كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ ﴿٤﴾

   kallā | layumbadhanna fi l-ḥuṭamah

   No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.

   i.e., Hellfire, which crushes and destroys all that enters it.

5. 104:5 ▶

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ ﴿٥﴾

   wamā 'adrāka ma l-ḥuṭamah

   And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

6. 104:6 ▶

   نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ ﴿٦﴾

   nāru llāhi l-mūqadah

   It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

7. 104:7 ▶

   ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ ﴿٧﴾

   allatī taṭṭaliʿu ʿala l-af'idah

   Which mounts directed at the hearts.

   Covering them and penetrating them.

8. 104:8 ▶

   إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

   innahā ʿalayhim mu'ṣadah

   Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

9. 104:9 ▶

   فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ ﴿٩﴾

   fī ʿamadim mumaddadah

   In extended columns.

   Interpreted to be either columns of fire or columns of iron to which are chained the inmates of Hell.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.