بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Humazah 104:2
The Traducer · Juz 30 · Page 601
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.1
1 translator’s note
- Rather than spending in the way of Allāh. ↩
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ولَمّا كانَ الَّذِي يَفْعَلُ النَّقِيصَةَ مِن غَيْرِ حاجَةٍ تُحْوِجُهُ إلَيْها أقْبَحُ حالًا (p-٢٤٥)وكانَ المُتَمَوِّلُ عِنْدَهم هو الرّابِحُ، وهم يَتَفاخَرُونَ بِالرِّبْحِ ويَعُدُّونَ الفائِزَ بِهِ مِن ذَوِي المَعالِي، قالَ مُقَيَّدًا لـ ”كُلٍّ“ بِالوَصْفِ مُبَيِّنًا الخاسِرَ كُلَّ الخَسارَةِ: ﴿الَّذِي جَمَعَ﴾ ولَمّا كانَ مُطْلَقُ الجَمْعِ يَدُلُّ عَلى الكَثْرَةِ جاءَ التَّشْدِيدُ في فِعْلِهِ لِأبِي جَعْفَرٍ وابْنِ عامِرٍ وحَمْزَةَ والكِسائِيِّ، وخِلْتُ تَصْرِيحًا بِما عَلِمَ تَلْوِيحًا ودَلالَةً عَلى أنَّ المَقْصُودَ بِهِ مَن جَعَلَ الدُّنْيا أكْبَرَ هَمِّهِ، والتَّخْفِيفَ لِمَن عَداهُمُ اكْتِفاءً بِأصْلِ مَدْلُولِهِ بِخِلافِ عَدَدٍ، فَإنَّ مُجَرَّدَهُ يَكُونُ لِما قَلَّ، ولِهَذا أجْمَعُوا عَلى التَّضْعِيفِ فِيهِ: ﴿مالا﴾ أيْ عَظِيمًا، وأكَّدَ مُرادَ الكَثْرَةِ بِقَوْلِهِ: ﴿وعَدَّدَهُ﴾ أيْ جَعَلَهُ بِحَيْثُ إذا أُرِيدَ عَدَدُهُ طالَ الزَّمانُ فِيهِ وكَثُرَ التَّعْدادُ، أوِ ادَّخَرَهُ وأمْسَكَهُ إعْدادًا لِما يَنُوبُهُ في هَذِهِ الدُّنْيا المُنْقَضِيَةِ، وزادَهُ قَيْدًا آخَرَ في بَيانِ حالِهِ فَقالَ:
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سورة العصر
Al-'Asr
The Declining Day · Meccan · 3 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
103:1
وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ١
By time,1
1 translator’s note
- An oath in which Allāh swears by time throughout the ages. ↩
103:2
إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ٢
Indeed, mankind is in loss,
103:3
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ٣
Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
سورة الهمزة
Al-Humazah
The Traducer · Meccan · 9 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
104:1
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١
Woe to every scorner and mocker
104:2
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.1
1 translator’s note
- Rather than spending in the way of Allāh. ↩
104:3
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
104:4
كـَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., Hellfire, which crushes and destroys all that enters it. ↩
104:5
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
104:6
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦
It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
104:7
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧
Which mounts directed at the hearts.1
1 translator’s note
- Covering them and penetrating them. ↩
104:8
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
104:9
فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩
In extended columns.1
1 translator’s note
- Interpreted to be either columns of fire or columns of iron to which are chained the inmates of Hell. ↩
سورة الفيل
Al-Fil
The Elephant · Meccan · 5 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
105:1
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١
Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the army under the command of Abrahah al-Ashram which was accompanied by a huge elephant and came with the intention of destroying the Kaʿbah at Makkah. ↩
105:2
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ٢
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1
1 translator’s note
- Causing them to perish. ↩
105:3
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
105:4
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ٤
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
105:5
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥
And He made them like eaten straw.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., husks which have been chewed by cattle. This event took place in the year of the Prophet's birth. ↩