Surah “The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer”

as rendered by John Medows Rodwell — 9 verses

Woe to every BACKBITER, Defamer
Who amasseth wealth and storeth it against the future
He thinketh surely that his wealth shall be with him for ever
Nay! for verily he shall be flung into the Crushing Fire
And who shall teach thee what the Crushing Fire is
It is God's kindled fire
Which shall mount above the hearts of the damned
It shall verily rise over them like a vault
On outstretched columns