Surah “The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer”

as rendered by Hamid S. Aziz — 9 verses

Woe to every slanderous scandal-monger and backbiter
Who collects wealth and counts it
He thinks that his wealth can immortalize him
Not so! He shall be hurled into El´Hutamah
Ah, what shall make you understand what El´Hutamah is
The Fire by Allah kindled
Which leaps into the heart
Lo! It closes in as a vault on the
In outstretched columns