(1) 1. Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,
(2) 2. Who amasses wealth (greedly) and counts it repeatedly (covetously withholding the gifts Allah has given him of His Grace),
(3) 3. He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
(4) 4. No! He will most certainly be thrown into the Crusher,
(5) 5. And what will make you know what the Crusher is?
(6) 6. It is a Fire kindled by Allah,
(7) 7. Which rages over the hearts.
(8) 8. Surely it (the Hellfire) will be closed over upon them,
(9) 9. In large columns.