Surah “The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer”

as rendered by Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto — 9 verses

Woe to every defaming backbiter,
The one who gathers wealth and counts it,
Thinking that his wealth will make him immortal.
No such is there [to be by gathering]. He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
It is the fire of Allah, fueled,
Which mounts over the hearts.
Indeed, it is an enclosure over them
In extended columns.