Scorners and Mockers

Woe to every slanderer and mocker

104:1Woe unto every slandering traducer,

Who hoards wealth and counts it

104:2Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.

Thinking his wealth will make him immortal.

104:3He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

No! He will be thrown into the Crusher.

104:4Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.

And what will make you understand the Crusher?

104:5Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!

The fire of Allah, blazing fiercely

104:6(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,

That engulfs hearts.

104:7Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).

It will be sealed upon them

104:8Lo! it is closed in on them

In towering columns.

104:9In outstretched columns.

Indeed, humanity is in loss

103:2Lo! man is a state of loss,