| asad | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder! 1 |
| 2. * | [Woe unto him 2] who amasses wealth and counts it a safeguard, |
| 3. * | thinking that his wealth will make him live forever! 3 |
| 4. * | Nay, but [in the life to come such as] he shall indeed be abandoned to crushing torment! 4 |
| 5. * | And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be? |
| 6. * | A fire kindled by God, |
| 7. * | which will rise over the [guilty] hearts: 5 |
| 8. * | verily, it will close in upon them |
| 9. * | in endless columns! 6 |