104. Al-Humazah/The Slanderer

I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah

The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.

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a. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter,

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a. as also the one who amasses wealth without spending a part of it on charity, and keeps
adding and counting it over and over again,

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a. thinking - in his ignorance - that his wealth will make him live forever.

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a. Never!
b. It is not like what he thinks.
c. On the contrary, he will certainly be flung into the Crushing Fire - that which breaks its inmates to pieces.

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a. And what may enable you to comprehend the Crushing Fire?

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a. The Crushing Fire is Allah’s Fire, fiercely set ablaze,

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a. which will leap up and penetrate deep into sinful peoples’ hearts and shall burn within as without.

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a. It will definitely be closing upon them from all directions,

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a. in towering and extending columns of flames.