Quran Chapters

Chapter 104 : Al-Humazah – 9 Verses

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

104:1

Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
Meaning:-
Woe: great sorrow or distress.
Slander (slanderer,noun): the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

104:2

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

104:3

He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!

104:4

Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.

104:5

And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?

104:6

It is the fire kindled to a blaze by Allah Himself.
Meaning:-
Blaze: fiercely burning fire.

104:7

The one which will rise right to the hearts,

104:8

Indeed, Hellfire will be closed down upon them

104:9

In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars, etc.).
Meaning:-
Other possible translations:
1. “The Fire will be in towering columns.”
2. “They will be tied to long pillars.”