104:1
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١
Woe to every backbiter and slanderer,
سورة الهمزةSurah Al-Humazah · The Traducer
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
104:2
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢
who amasses wealth and counts it over and again[1],
Tafsir Notes
[1] Instead of spending in the way of Allah.
104:3
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣
thinking that his wealth will make him live forever.
104:4
كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤
No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crushing Fire[2],
Tafsir Notes
[2] i.e., Hellfire, as it crushes and destroys all that is thrown in it.
104:5
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥
and how do you know what the Crushing Fire is?
104:6
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦
It is the kindled Fire of Allah,
104:7
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧
which reaches the hearts[3].
Tafsir Notes
[3] Penetrating through bodies and reaching the hearts.
104:8
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨
It will be closed down upon them,
104:9
فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩
locked with towering columns[4].
Tafsir Notes
[4] i.e., columns of fire or columns of iron to which the inmates of Hell are chained.
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
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