Rowwad Translation Center — 601

103:1 By the time,

103:2 man is in utter loss,

103:3 except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and exhort one another to the truth and exhort one another to patience.

104:1 Woe to every backbiter and slanderer,

104:2 who amasses wealth and counts it over and again[1],

104:3 thinking that his wealth will make him live forever.

104:4 No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crushing Fire[1],

104:5 and how do you know what the Crushing Fire is?

104:6 It is the kindled Fire of Allah,

104:7 which reaches the hearts[1].

104:8 It will be closed down upon them,

104:9 locked with towering columns[1].

105:1 Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?

105:2 Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[1]?

105:3 He sent against them swarms of birds,

105:4 pelting them with stones of baked clay,

105:5 leaving them like chewed-up chaff.