Surah Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)

Topics in Surah Al-Humazah

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Intimidation (Tarhib) (9 verses)
• Hellfire (Nar) (6 verses)
• Intercession (Shafa'ah) (6 verses)
• Wealth (Mal) (3 verses)
• Distraction (Lahw) (2 verses)
• Humiliation (Dhillah) (1 verses)
• Disbelief (Kufr) (1 verses)

Read Surah Al-Humazah with English translation

1. 104:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍۢ لُّمَزَةٍ

   Woe to every fault-finding backbiter

2. 104:2

   ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًۭا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

   who amasses riches, counting them over,

3. 104:3

   يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ

   thinking they will make him live for ever.

4. 104:4

   كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ

   No indeed! He will be thrust into the Crusher!

5. 104:5

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ

   What will explain to you what the Crusher is?

6. 104:6

   نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ

   It is God’s Fire, made to blaze,

7. 104:7

   ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ

   which rises over people’s hearts.

8. 104:8

   إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌۭ

   It closes in on them

9. 104:9

   فِى عَمَدٍۢ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ

   in towering columns.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.