Surah Al-Humazah — Word by Word
الهمزة
The Traducer
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
Woe to every scorner and mocker
alladhī jamaʿa mālan waʿaddadahu
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
yaḥsabu anna mālahu akhladahu
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
kallā layunbadhanna fī l-ḥuṭamati
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
wamā adrāka mā l-ḥuṭamatu
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
nāru l-lahi l-mūqadatu
It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
allatī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā l-afidati
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
innahā ʿalayhim mu'ṣadatun
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
fī ʿamadin mumaddadatin
In extended columns.