A slanderer, a backbiter.
هَمّازٍ مَشّاءٍ بِنَميمٍ
hammaazim mash shaaa’im binameem
Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner.
مَنّاعٍ لِلخَيرِ مُعتَدٍ أَثيمٍ
mannaa’il lilkhairi mu’tadin aseem
Unappreciative, and greedy.
عُتُلٍّ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنيمٍ
‘utullim ba’da zaalika zaneem
Even though he possessed enough money and children.
أَن كانَ ذا مالٍ وَبَنينَ
an kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen
When our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Tales from the past!”
إِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِ ءايٰتُنا قالَ أَسٰطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ
izaa tutlaa ‘alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
We have tested them like we tested the owners of the garden who swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
إِنّا بَلَونٰهُم كَما بَلَونا أَصحٰبَ الجَنَّةِ إِذ أَقسَموا لَيَصرِمُنَّها مُصبِحينَ
innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz ‘aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen
A passing (storm) from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep.
فَطافَ عَلَيها طائِفٌ مِن رَبِّكَ وَهُم نائِمونَ
fataafa ‘alaihaa taaa’i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa’imoon