Meccan · 9 verses الهمزة

Al-Humazah 104

The Slanderer · ✓

104 / 114

How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it begins with a declaration of woe against every slanderer and fault-finder. The person described is one who gathers wealth and counts it over and over, imagining that his money will make him live forever. The text answers firmly — 'No!' — and warns that he will be thrown into 'the Crusher'. A question follows: what will make you know what the Crusher is? The answer describes it as the kindled Fire of God, which rises over the hearts and is closed down upon its people in extended columns. In nine verses, the sura links two faults — wounding others with words and placing trust in hoarded wealth — and sets both against the Fire that awaits.

• Slander and fault-finding
• Hoarding wealth
• False hope of immortality
• The Crusher

The name It is named after 'the slanderer' (al-Humazah) condemned in verse 1.

Start with 104:1 · 104:3

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   وَيْلٌ와일룰 لِكُلِّ리쿨리 هُمَزَةٍ후마자틸 لُمَزَةٍ루마자흐

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2. 2

   الَّذِي알라^ð디 جَمَعَ자마아 مَالًا말란 وَعَدَّدَهُ와앗다다흐

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3. 3

   يَحْسَبُ야흐사부 أَنَّ안나 مَالَهُ말라후 أَخْلَدَهُ아흘라다흐

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4. 4

   كَلَّا칼라 ۖ لَيُنْبَذَنَّ라윰바^ð단나 فِي^f필 الْحُطَمَةِ후따마흐

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5. 5

   وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드^r라카 مَا말 الْحُطَمَةُ후따마흐

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6. 6

   نَارُ나^r룰 اللَّهِ라힐 الْمُوقَدَةُ무까다흐

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7. 7

   الَّتِي알라티 تَطَّلِعُ탓딸리우 عَلَى알랄 الْأَفْئِدَةِ아^f프이다흐

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8. 8

   إِنَّهَا인나하 عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 مُؤْصَدَةٌ무으사다흐

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9. 9

   فِي^f피 عَمَدٍ아마딤 مُمَدَّدَةٍ무맛다다흐

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