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104. Al-Humaza · The Traducer

Mockery and slander appear alongside the accumulation and counting of wealth as signs of moral failure. The fantasy that possessions can secure permanence is answered by an image of crushing fire that reaches the heart.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

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Meccan (traditional classification) · 9 verses

Editorial themes: Speech · Wealth · False security · Judgment

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

104:1 Compare translations ↗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ

Woe unto every slandering traducer,

104:2 Compare translations ↗

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

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

104:3 Compare translations ↗

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ

He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

104:4 Compare translations ↗

كَلَّا لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ

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