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Al-Humaza
سُورَةُ الهُمَزَةِ
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Arabic: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Turkish translation audio: Diyanet Vakfı. English translation audio: Ibrahim Walk. These audio translations differ from the displayed Rowwad translation, so wording may vary. Audio loads from Islamic Network only when you start listening.
Translation: Rowwad Translation Center · english_rwwad · v1.0.20 · Sources and edition details
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every backbiter and slanderer,
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
who amasses wealth and counts it over and again[1],
Translation notes
[1] Instead of spending in the way of Allah.
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever.
كَلَّا لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ
No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crushing Fire[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., Hellfire, as it crushes and destroys all that is thrown in it.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
and how do you know what the Crushing Fire is?
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ
It is the kindled Fire of Allah,
ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ
which reaches the hearts[1].
Translation notes
[1] Penetrating through bodies and reaching the hearts.
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
It will be closed down upon them,
فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ
locked with towering columns[1].
Translation notes
[1] i.e., columns of fire or columns of iron to which the inmates of Hell are chained.
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Arabic text: Tanzil Project · Uthmani v1.1 · © 2007–2026 Tanzil Project · CC BY 3.0. The text is reproduced without changing its letters or diacritics. The opening basmalah is retained where supplied by the source; it is absent at the beginning of At-Tawbah.
Translation publisher: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com · English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · v1.0.20. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Translation and footnotes are reproduced unchanged.
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