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The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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(436)<br />

104. THE BACKBITER<br />

A Meccan sura that condemns the greedy backbiter and gives a description of<br />

Hell.<br />

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy<br />

1 Woe to every fault-finding backbiter a 2 who amasses riches, counting<br />

them over, 3 thinking they will make him live for ever. 4 No<br />

indeed! He will be thrust into the Crusher! 5 What will explain to you<br />

what the Crusher is? 6 It is God’s Fire, made to blaze, 7 which rises<br />

over people’s hearts. 8 It closes in on them 9 in towering columns. b<br />

a Said to refer either to al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq or to al-Walid ibn al-Mughira (cf.<br />

note to 74: 11).<br />

b Cf. 77: 30–3.

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