Woe to every backbiter, slanderer.
وَيلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
wailul-likulli hu mazatil-lumazah
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer.
وَيلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
wailul-likulli hu mazatil-lumazah
He hoards money and counts it.
الَّذى جَمَعَ مالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
allazee jama’a maalanw wa ‘addadah
As if his money will make him immortal.
يَحسَبُ أَنَّ مالَهُ أَخلَدَهُ
yahsabu anna maalahooo akhladah
Never; he will be thrown into the Devastator.
كَلّا لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِى الحُطَمَةِ
kallaa; layumbazanna fil hutamah
Do you know what the Devastator is?
وَما أَدرىٰكَ مَا الحُطَمَةُ
wa maa adraaka mal-hutamah
It burns them inside out.
الَّتى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الأَفـِٔدَةِ
allatee tattali’u ‘alal af’idah