وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ الْخِصَامِ
204. And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ
10. And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
11. [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
12. A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
13. Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
14. Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
15. When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
16. We will brand him upon the snout.
وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
1. Woe to every scorner and mocker
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
2. Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
