Woe unto every slanderer, fault-finder! (He himself does little but spends a lot of energy detracting the doers).
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ ( 2 )
Whose efforts revolve around gathering material possessions and counting them. (Devoid of a higher goal, he opposes any semblance of reform (70:18)).
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ ( 3 )
Thinking as if his wealth will help him for forever!
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ ( 4 )
Nay, he will be flung into the Shredder. (9:35).
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ ( 5 )
Ah, what will convey to you what the Shredder is?
نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ ( 6 )
A Fire kindled by Allah.
الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ ( 7 )
Which originates in the hearts. (And engulfs the hearts).
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ( 8 )
Verily, it closes upon them. (As they had kept their possessions closed in safes and vaults, and kept all kindness surrounded in the flames of jealousy).
