104:1
وَیْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةِ
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Surah 104 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah Al-Humazah
The Traducer
الهمزة9 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah Al-Humazah
Humazah describes a person who runs others down: by gesture, by mimicry, by the remark made sideways. It is paired in the opening ayah with lumazah, a fault finder, and the surah begins by pronouncing woe on him (104:1). No name is given and no incident is described. The description is left open so that it fits whoever it fits, which is worth noticing in a Makkan surah, since several of its neighbours answer particular opponents.
What follows ties the tongue to the purse. The man gathers wealth and counts it over (104:2) and imagines it has made him permanent (104:3). Contempt for people and confidence in money turn out to be the same posture from two angles. The reply is al-Hutamah, the Crusher (104:4), named and then queried in the Quran's usual manner (104:5) before being described as a fire of Allah that rises over the hearts (104:6 to 104:7), reaching the organ that did the despising. The last two ayahs close it over its inhabitants in outstretched columns (104:8 to 104:9). A man who spent his life enclosing things is finally enclosed by one.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
104:2
لَّذِیْ جَمَعَ مَالًا وَّعَدَّدَهٗ
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
104:3
یَحْسَبُ اَنَّ مَالَهٗۤ اَخْلَدَهٗ
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
104:4
كَلَّا لَیُنْۢبَذَنَّ فِی الْحُطَمَةِ ۟ؗۖ
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
104:5
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ ۟ؕ
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
104:6
نَارُ اللّٰهِ الْمُوْقَدَةُ
It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
104:7
الَّتِیْ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَی الْاَفْـِٕدَةِ ۟ؕ
Which mounts directed at the hearts.
104:8
اِنَّهَا عَلَیْهِمْ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
104:9
فِیْ عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ
In extended columns.
Surah Al-Humazah in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 9 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.