Chapter 104:
AL-HUMAZA (THE TRADUCER, THE GOSSIPMONGER) Total Verses: 9 Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
104.001 Y: Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,
P: Woe unto every slandering traducer,
S: Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
104.002 Y: Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
P: Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
S: Who ama.s.ses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
104.003 Y: Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
P: He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
S: He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
104.004 Y: By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
P: Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
S: Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
104.005 Y: And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
P: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
S: And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
104.006 Y: (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
P: (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
S: It is the fire kindled by Allah,
104.007 Y: The which doth mount (right) to the Hearts:
P: Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
S: Which rises above the hearts.
104.008 Y: It shall be made into a vault over them,
P: Lo! it is closed in on them
S: Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
104.009 Y: In columns outstretched.
P: In outstretched columns.
S: In extended columns.
Chapter 105:
AL-FIL (THE ELEPHANT) Total Verses: 5 Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
105.001 Y: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
P: Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
S: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?
105.002 Y: Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
P: Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
S: Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,
105.003 Y: And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
P: And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
S: And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,
105.004 Y: Striking them with stones of baked clay.
P: Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
S: Casting against them stones of baked clay,