Surah “The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer”

as rendered by Musharraf Hussain — 9 verses

104:1
Wretched is every backbiting fault-finder,
104:2
who gathers wealth and counts it over and over,
104:3
thinking his wealth will make him live forever.
104:4
No, he will be thrown into the Crusher!
104:5
And what can explain to you what the Crusher is?
104:6
Allah’s blazing Fire,
104:7
which rises over their hearts.
104:8
Indeed, it is closed over them from all sides,
104:9
flames stretching out in columns.In the name of Allah, the Kind, the Caring