Answer: Surat al-Humazah and its Interpretaion

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

{Woe to every backbiter and slanderer, who amasses wealth and counts it over and again, thinking that his wealth will make him live forever. No indeed! He will surely be cast into the Crushing Fire, and how do you know what the Crushing Fire is? It is the kindled Fire of Allah, which reaches the hearts. It will be closed down upon them, locked with towering columns.} [Surat al-Humazah: 1-9]

Interpretation

1. {وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ} : Woe and severe torment to everyone who frequently backbites and slanders people.

2. {ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ} : The one who is interested in nothing but accumulating and counting money.

3. {يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ} : He thinks that the money he has amassed will save him from death and keep him live forever.

4. {كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِۥ} : Things will not be the way this ignorant person has fancied. Indeed, he will be cast in Hellfire and will be crushed therein by its severity.

5. {وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ} : How do you know - O Messenger - what this Fire is that crushes everything thrown therein?

6. {نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ} : It is the kindled Fire of Allah.

7. {ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ} : That penetrates people’s bodies reaching their hearts.

8. {إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ} : It is closed down upon those tormented therein.

9. {فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ} : It is locked with long and extended columns so that they are not able to come out.