Surah “The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer”

as rendered by Ali Ünal — 9 verses

Woe to every one who slanders and vilifies
Who (sees himself above others because he) has amassed wealth and (without expending it in God’s cause and for the needy) counts it (in greedy love for it)
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever
By no means! He will most certainly be hurled into the Consuming Disaster
What enables you to perceive the Consuming Disaster
It is God’s fire, set ablaze
Which penetrates deep into hearts (and burns within, as it burns outside)
Surely it will close in upon the
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