وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ

WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder! (1)

الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ

[Woe unto him] who amasses wealth and counts it a safeguard, (2)

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ

thinking that his wealth will make him live forever! (3)

كَلَّا لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ

Nay, but [in the life to come such as] he shall indeed be abandoned to crushing torment! (4)

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ

And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be? (5)

الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ

which will rise over the [guilty] hearts: (7)

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

verily, it will close in upon them (8)

فِي عَمَدٍ مُمَدَّدَةٍ

in endless columns! (9)