Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 104. Sayfa

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 104:

AL-HUMAZA (THE TRADUCER, THE GOSSIPMONGER)

Total Verses: 9

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

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

104.001

YUSUFALI: Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,

PICKTHAL: Woe unto every slandering traducer,

SHAKIR: Woe to every slanderer, defamer,

104.002

YUSUFALI: Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,

PICKTHAL: Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.

SHAKIR: Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);

104.003

YUSUFALI: Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!

PICKTHAL: He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

SHAKIR: He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

104.004

YUSUFALI: By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,

PICKTHAL: Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.

SHAKIR: Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,

104.005

YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?

PICKTHAL: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!

SHAKIR: And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?

104.006

YUSUFALI: (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),

PICKTHAL: (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,

SHAKIR: It is the fire kindled by Allah,

104.007

YUSUFALI: The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:

PICKTHAL: Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).

SHAKIR: Which rises above the hearts.

104.008

YUSUFALI: It shall be made into a vault over them,

PICKTHAL: Lo! it is closed in on them

SHAKIR: Surely it shall be closed over upon them,

104.009

YUSUFALI: In columns outstretched.

PICKTHAL: In outstretched columns.

SHAKIR: In extended columns.

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